These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
There are dialogue writers for a movie, there is a script to be followed... whatever my character says is not a reflection… — Urvashi Rautela Copy Share Image
Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I would want the audience to simply see the character I portray in each movie in its true essence because I feel… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Tom [Cruise] is a great producer himself. He's got great sense of story. It's always great to have the perspective of the… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
I am intrigued by the basics of human life, by our vulnerability, our desires, our sexuality - as far as I am… — Thomas Koerfer Copy Share Image
If you're going to play what-if --which, by the way, is a huge waste of time and energy, not to mention an… — Jefferson Bass Copy Share Image
It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“A purposeless virtue is a contradiction in terms. Virtue, like harmony, cannot exist alone; a virtue must lead to harmony between one… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Super Saiyan' is a term from 'Dragonball Z,' the most important TV show ever. The main character, Goku, is a member of… — Spencer Dinwiddie Copy Share Image
People really do identify with the characters they see on the show, but these days, social media allows you to interact with… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common… — Jean Meslier Copy Share Image
All that matters to me as a reader are characters. I want characters to be real, authentic, and rounded. I will be… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“The poor man is incapacitated from showing the virtue of generosity to anyone, though he may possess it in the highest degree;… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community. — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Acting. Whenever I am playing a character, I use my real life experiences, which puts me on the line of reliving some… — Allison Holker Copy Share Image
When you do your comedy and your drama, your acting style doesn't change. If it's a comedy, the situations and the characters… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I think the only productive way to approach characters, and frankly people in life, is through empathy. The minute we call someone… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
“Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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In Endless Quest books, you start the plot, and the character has to make choices. Then you have to write one choice… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
We, especially those of us in depoliticized and pacified societies, need to cast a colder eye at our self-perceptions, now and in… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“True sensibility, the sensibility which is the auxiliary of virtue, and the soul of genius, is in society so occupied with the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I felt that 'English Vinglish' was tailor-made for me since I found my character Shashi so relatable. Her simplicity and sensitivity attracted… — Sridevi Copy Share Image
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and… — Henry Hancock Copy Share Image
The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get… — Jason Gann Copy Share Image
With TV, you get on a show and you're there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
A newcomer needs to be careful as to what kind of role they choose. If you choose something different, you will end… — Rakul Preet Singh Copy Share Image
They didn't have a lot, but my grandparents taught me the important stuff: that hard work and character, matter. When I got… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Short of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Man has no moral instinct. He is not born with moral sense. You were not born with it, I was not -… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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