It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
B4 SEX: u help each other get naked. AFTER SEX: u only dress urself. Moral of the story, in life no one… — Sniper Alpacino Copy Share Image
In this age of innovation, perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While conflicts have expanded and deepened and transformed, actors have transformed, and humanitarian assistance is transforming. Protection work is transforming and taking… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
I've become really aware of all the subtle things you can communicate through the art and how you're presenting a character, particularly… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might… — Martin Milner Copy Share Image
I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
A belief in moral absolutes should always make us more, not less, critical of both sides in any conflict. This doesn't mean… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Women are always murdered and maimed, and they’re never given their rightful place as lead characters! And I think [creator Michael Hirst]… — Clive Standen Copy Share Image
It’s the ability to bring events and characters to a resolution that draws me to writing, especially writing for children. I don’t… — Tim Wynne-Jones Copy Share Image
Nothing affects my acting. Acting is something I do with my soul so it embodies a lot of things. For me, I… — Genevieve Nnaji Copy Share Image
So you know when you were work on Man of Steel, in 10 years somebody is going to do the music for… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
He's [Jesus] the most fascinating character in history, really - the character who's made more difference to the world than anyone since… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The moral virtues, without religion are but cold, lifeless, and insipid; it is only religion which opens the mind to great conceptions,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The protagonists that I've played tend to be people who make trouble. Or even if they don't make it, they certainly disrupt… — James Spader Copy Share Image
It is how you approach the role given to you, and how you relate to that character and then how you adapt… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“for that which is a disgrace to human nature, throws something of a shade over all the human character, and each individual… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The great lesson in theatre is that you live the story every night, and that is a wonderful vehicle for getting to… — Celia Weston Copy Share Image
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say,… — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
I can say that in our gym, 'Toquinho' has never hurt anyone. He is a good person, excellent company and a man… — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Copy Share Image
I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if… — Charlotte Charke Copy Share Image
This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt,… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing… — Lennie James Copy Share Image
You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse--either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
They [comic books] are not a genre, they are not something to get hot and cold from one year to the next,… — Michael Uslan Copy Share Image
No one can give you the strength of character necessary... Only you can find that passion within that burns with an integrity… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
I personally think 'Power' is much more similar to 'The Sopranos' in that it deals with a character who is leading a… — Lela Loren Copy Share Image