If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family.… — Sammi Hanratty Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to make something that is difficult to perform every night. It needs to proceed at the speed of that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
I once played a character called Mr. Jonathan in something called 'Razzle Dazzle.' I was a choreographer of children's pageants. That was… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
What I love about Bridgerton' though is that the women in it do have their own agency within the context of the… — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.… — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
Brad Pitt seems to have no problem getting parts that he wants, nor does Angelina Jolie. Not that I'm saying I look… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
I'm socially awkward. What draws me to playing socially awkward characters? I think they're interesting. I'm fascinated kind of by - I… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
I don't know if you hear this often but I would say The Razor's Edge (loosely based on a great W. Somerset… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
One can feel the immense joy of Amy Hill Hearth's engagement in her first novel. It radiates through every scene and through… — Philip K. Jason Copy Share Image
Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
At times, I have had the opportunity to play character roles in movies like 'Kathavasheshan.' Still, I act in all the roles… — Indrans Copy Share Image
In fashion, it’s always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
“Our system of justice should reflect an understanding that any of us could have been dealt a very different hand in life.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I love family. In this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], my character is a successful OB-GYN and yet she goes back to her… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
I didn't even have a career before 'Stranger Things' - it was my first acting job, my first time on a professional… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
“Dismantle your friend to see how he behaves. If he smiles with a beautiful grin, then take him back, he's worthy to… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
At a Metro station, I got called out by my character name - Meera - and I realised that I had started… — Mithila Palkar Copy Share Image
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
“Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the… — Linda Yezak Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Jane Austen, much in advance of her day, was a mistress of the use of the dialogue. She used it as dialogue… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
We can be cops and robbers. Tarzan and Jane, Marilyn and Robert but either way the objective is the same. To please… — Miguel Jontel Copy Share Image
Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself -… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Funny to watch these Senators switching back and forth on Prohibition. Politics is a great character builder. You have to take a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a… — Michael Dorn Copy Share Image
You'll be offered the 'lead' in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, 'a fabulous part' - a fabulous part? A… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
Making movies can actually be quite boring, there's a lot of sitting around and waiting. Unless you really believe in the story… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
I just don't ever want to play the girlfriend. You know, the supporting character in the background who just sort of comes… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
When I thought of writing for Rajini sir, I told myself it will be a really cool character with a very happy-go-lucky… — Karthik Subbaraj Copy Share Image