Character Quotes · Page 582

Success comes from the way you act. The way you act comes from the way you think and feel. Therefore, to become…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength…

— Darren Shan

“Character Ethic as the foundation of success—things like integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty, and the Golden Rule.”

— Stephen R. Covey

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that,…

— Melanie Laurent

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have…

— Anne Frank

The great thing about working on a genre show is that you can basically have a season finale where every character is…

— Julie Benz

Every woman is a character - but people need to see I'm a regular human. It's like you wear a pink wig…

— Nicki Minaj

Enlist the interests of stern Morality and religious Enthusiasm in the cause of Political Liberty, as in the time of the old…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which…

— Bertrand Russell

I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I am Jack Swagger. My background, it's there for the world to see, and you look at MMA today, you look at…

— Jake Hager

Being a former dancer, classical dancer, it informed me as a human being just in terms of the grace I guess. Ballet…

— Zoe Saldana

Some novels present a story form many points of view. Most movies tell only one person's side of the story. Sometime it's…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

I've always been one to want to memorize everything and just be confident that I know all of the lines, but that…

— Emily Osment

Gustave Flaubert said, "Emma Bovary, c'est moi." It is not possible to write something you are not, but to have a new…

— Lore Segal

Interestingly enough, for me, a character like Captain Jack, you feel like you could just continue. The possibilities are endless and limitless.…

— Johnny Depp

I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing.

— Neil Gaiman

I think a few of my most visible roles are crazy or peppy girls, but I've played a lot of characters who…

— Ashly Burch

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let…

— Aesop

I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and…

— Keeley Hawes

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations…

— Tom Hiddleston

My mum's an opera singer: I grew up watching her get swept up in music and transform herself into characters. She taught…

— Katie Noonan

Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never…

— Sam Levenson

If our goal is to understand the world, to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity…

— Jonathan Haidt

I write 1,000 words a day first thing in the morning but I cannot write 240 characters to describe a piece that…

— Daniel Alarcon

It's about respect and the morals and the value of life. And treat people how you want to be treated. That's the…

— A. J. Green

I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go…

— Frankie Faison

When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different…

— Simon Baker

I think any character has to be well-rounded, whether they are male or female - they have to be complex and make…

— Cary Fukunaga

Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room,…

— David Leitch

I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop - I'm poking…

— Harry Anderson

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not…

— Claire Messud

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but…

— Ursula Hegi

I don't think anybody deals well with tragedy or grief, but maybe my characters are particularly bad at it. Which is why…

— Dan Chaon

Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed…

— Honeysuckle Weeks

There is a fine line between confidence and cocky. Confidence can bring you many things, but cockiness can make you lose many…

— Azgraybebly Josland

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the…

— Rene Cassin

You don't need to have a good face, dashing personality and money. You just need to have a pure and true heart…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

I won't complain, but I don't want to just be doing action films and extended character transformations, you know? I want to…

— Sofia Boutella

“Our mind speak to our souls about the lifestyle we should have. Nobody can dictate our souls because we only have control…

— Saaif Alam