I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Well, the moral of the story, The moral of this song, Is simply that one should never be Where one does not… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The persons who constitute the natural aristocracy, are not found in the actual aristocracy, or, only on its edge; as the chemicalenergy… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
With a film, things constantly have to go up in the story, and you're constantly putting pressure on the main character. It… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
When you play a non-fiction character it is more responsibility than when you are playing a fiction character because that person lived,… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
I have the privilege to make ethical choices through my food each day. It's beyond nourishment to me. Each meal represents a… — Margaret Chapman Copy Share Image
All the preparation in the world doesn't avail you if you can't make that imaginative leap and put yourself in the position… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
My parents put me in sports when I was 5 years old, and they put my sisters in sports. So that's what… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
“Yet in its life, for eight hundred years, virtue alone, that one word, has illuminated and explained something of what we think… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
I was so frustrated with my whole life that I walked up this hilltop and screamed at the heavens. It was very… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The persons whom you have idolized can never, in the end, be ungrateful, and, probably, at the time of retreat they still… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
It's kind of amazing; I don't know anything. It's an interesting way to work where you're living in the moment and making… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
The lovely thing is, if Marvel had a Spider-Man movie over at Sony or something, they own the rights to the character,… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
I'm always excited about stories that allow me to explore a character and create interesting stories and worlds that we haven't seen… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
I loved playing Sasha. You don't have this on every job, or every show or movie, but every day was really an… — Brigid Brannagh Copy Share Image
In my horror movies, I was always trying to deal with real characters and real character drama played by good actors... Laura… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions,… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“He said that no matter whether you were describing the major character or a minor one, you had to be able to… — Agnes Nixon Copy Share Image
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more… — David Tang Copy Share Image
It's an interesting opportunity to do a long-form character and really have the time to find the nuance over an extended period… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the… — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
I love the idea of seeing a character - I mean, there's nothing like seeing a character and having the huge detail… — Helen Baxendale Copy Share Image
When you are doing a long scene, you have dialogue and interaction to narrate the character. But making sense out of facial… — Fatima Sana Shaikh Copy Share Image
Be one who influences and not instigates, be one who is pure and not prejudiced with focus on your character and not… — Annu Ratha Copy Share Image
I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional… — Katie McGrath Copy Share Image
I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with… — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“You have no compelling moral intuitions to guide you in solving that problem. Your moral feelings are attached to frames, to descriptions… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I've got friends who are nurses and teachers. They're making a difference. I'm like, 'Sorry I'm so stressed - I'm working on… — Natasia Demetriou Copy Share Image
