“You cannot drive people to do things which are right, but you can love them into doing them, if your example is… — George Albert Smith Copy Share Image
If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
However, for my characters to have depth, they have to be human and complex, have both qualities and flaws, do the right… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I like playing these characters who are just on the edge of ridiculous but always grounded in reality. I would never want… — Kaitlin Olson Copy Share Image
Gardening is an excellent example of a practice to which, as Alasdair MacIntyre puts it, certain virtues are 'internal'. Good gardening requires… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
I love weird man, when you get to do something that you don't necessarily get to do in real life, play characters… — David Koechner Copy Share Image
On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once… — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
The craft with which the world is made runs also into the mind and character of men. No man is quite sane;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people.… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The meek are positive and often colorful characters. They are not self-assertive nor self-seeking, to be sure, but rather they are unselfish… — V. Raymond Edman Copy Share Image
If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the… — David Lack Copy Share Image
The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I couldn't possibly tell you. But I would say be very careful with your suppositions. People are so quick to jump. That's… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I believe life experiences are what an actor needs to relate to the character roles they take on, and to say the… — Gianna Simone Copy Share Image
I give the character a history and a full life; this way the tears come naturally for the character in whatever situation… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that… — Julius Adams Stratton Copy Share Image
“Jax Cassidy is a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. Full of heat, seduction, and romance, her winning characters are sure to… — Gemma Halliday Copy Share Image
The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea,… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
As much as most of the actors were kind of curious to know what their character meant in relation to the script… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
The secret lies in the actor's personal satisfaction. How can the audience be moved by a character the actor himself does not… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
“When it comes to morals & principles, a man in the 'real' world has two options; compromise or wait for sometime and… — Mohammad Rafiq Teli Copy Share Image
Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
“When we get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different... There's opportunity to see the texture of… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I think that in many ways, my work is very character-driven and not necessarily embodied by me, but definitely me as the… — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always… — James Norton Copy Share Image
“Beauty's only skin deep. Everybody has ugly days. We're all made of the same stuff underneath. Acting right is better than looking… — Shannon Delany Copy Share Image
The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will… — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
I loved the tone and the characters. They're all very different and they're all very typical for their time. When you read… — Lone Scherfig Copy Share Image
Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You gotta have fun with a song, make somebody laugh. You gotta have character. A hard punchline can make you laugh, but… — Takeoff Copy Share Image
