Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
People are used to seeing me in make-up and blow-dried hair but after a point I felt like pushing myself. As an… — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's… — Dutch Sheets Copy Share Image
There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It took me a while to get over 'Highway'. I started living the character of 'Veera' very closely. I don't think I… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
As the places where Americans dwell become evermore depressing and impossible, Disneyworld is where they escape to worship the nation in the… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I have no wish to go back to being frustrated by a character. It's really just part of being on an ongoing… — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
The only thing that I have to be assured of is that the character must be negative for a sensible reason. She… — Sriti Jha Copy Share Image
“Each new dilemma I encounter seems to provide a moral quandary that demands ever-increasing amounts of soul searching. No decision comes in… — Chris Kreski Copy Share Image
Perhaps if there is anything remotely interesting about my writing style, it is this: more often than not I have no idea… — Vandana Singh Copy Share Image
I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out… — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
The reality is if you tell people something long enough, good or bad, they're going to believe it. And for a while… — Shawn Spears Copy Share Image
One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
The city reveals the moral ends of being, and sets the awful problem of life. The country soothes us, refreshes us, lifts… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer to play against the look: If a character appears particularly unhinged, with makeup running down her face, I like… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
“Honesty is not a virtue, it is a luxury. Most, who struggle to put bread on the table, face this question every… — Prashant Chopra Copy Share Image
I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff… — Kelly Stables Copy Share Image
Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
For an actor, his job becomes easy, when his character is described well on the paper. With a well-written role, it becomes… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
In acting, you have a writer, a director, a character - you're working through being another person - and the irony I… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her… — Walter Martin Copy Share Image
Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?"… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You are in a strange world in pantomime, where you are allowed to step out and talk to the audience and do… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along.… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have immense respect for Christopher Nolan for taking a character called 'Batman' - taking a comic book - and making people… — Randy Pitchford Copy Share Image
When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
If I was to pick a cartoon character I am most like, I would say Daisy Duck because she is very stubborn,… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
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