All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
We had a script that was really solid and we knew how we were going to shoot and how the energy of… — Marguerite Moreau Copy Share Image
I think I had the good fortune to watch Sly the Artist [Sylvester Stallone]; to watch him in all arenas. As an… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
It's only over time that you get to exploring or adding nuances to the character. Like my part in 'Zindagi Na Milegi… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
30 Rock' is superbly funny - it's unashamedly odd, loud and cartoony. There are physical jokes, clever jokes, dumb jokes, character jokes… — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
It's just so much more fun to play bad than good. Plus it's just good to get that out of your system… — Chris Zylka Copy Share Image
Do I seem to play characters that in the end don't get the girl? Maybe. But you don't always get the girl… — Scott Foley Copy Share Image
I definitely try to play a common man in my roles so people can identify with my characters, but the truth of… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Reason must approach nature in order to be taught by it. It must not, however, do so in the character of a… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“In Confucian thought, individuals practice moral virtue both by restraining themselves and pursuing their own interests. This is a dual push-and-pull process.… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
I've always believed that the great strength of the Internet is that it allows us to communicate with each other, it allows… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
Life is [perceived as] a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
“I recently read in the Wall Street Journal an article by Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s chief rabbi. Among other things, he writes: …… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Every now and then we'd meet up and reminisce about the characters. At the beginning, shortly after we started shooting, someone sent… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't know if I will ever get sick of performing a song called 'Feels Like Loneliness' from Evolution. It's inspired by… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
I thought, 'I loved Batman, I loved Spider-Man, I love all these characters, but Catwoman is really different from any other one.' — Denise Di Novi Copy Share Image
Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I think subconsciously because of my upbringing, I was very aware of values and morals and that's why I experienced the occasional… — Anne Marie Miller Copy Share Image
I can play the character better because of the roundness of my experience - because of the things I've been through. All… — Charles Bronson Copy Share Image
The dynamic character of China's nonstatist economic transformation, including its social openness to the rest of the world, is not mutually compatible… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Like the characters in Chekhov, they have no reserves -– you learn the most intimate secrets. You get an impression of a… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I feel like I've always approached criticism with a degree of morality, right? Like, not as a moralizer, but just as somebody… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve,… — Franz Beckenbauer Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
From the period when I wrote La Nausea I wanted to create a morality. My evolution consists in my no longer dreaming… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God;… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Acting is not pretending or lying. It's finding a side of yourself that's the character and ignoring your other sides. And there's… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
When I did 'The Social Network,' David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought… — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the… — J. D. Hayworth Copy Share Image
You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
![“I think I had the good fortune to watch Sly the Artist [Sylvester Stallone]; to watch him in all arenas. As an actor, not many people get to see him turn that character on, they don't understand that he's playing a role.” quote by Milo Ventimiglia](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ddf/milo-ventimiglia-7793_actor_i-think-i-had-the-good-fortune-to-watch_2429344.jpg)
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