To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development. — Nia Long Copy Share Image
I am trying to get at the moral arguments and the ethical status of various attempts at enhancement, or genetic engineering, or… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I did have a sense of parental pride in that character. For 20 years now my films and the TV show have… — Nicholas Hammond Copy Share Image
When you've been a character in a movie - and this has happened when we've done concerts as Spinal Tap or as… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I think the ultimate goal is that when we're off-stage, we know everything our character is thinking. Hopefully when we are on-stage,… — Sarah Steele Copy Share Image
God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose.… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
“It’s because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if… — Chris Fabry Copy Share Image
There's definitely a feeling with a short story that it's pure story telling. You're not really worried about theme. You're not going… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
“Brother Row you could trust to make a long shot with a short bow. You could trust him to come out of… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important… — Mark Russell Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're supposed to be able to form yourself into different characters and different roles. It's a transformation, and it… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
Writing is in fact an entirely outworn, decayed and corrupt convention whose chief & most conspicuous character is its monumental witness to… — Eric Gill Copy Share Image
The beauty of theater is that you get to live the character from beginning to end without stopping. The natural momentum of… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I really do think of it in moral terms. I think that we can't kid ourselves that the storytelling impulse is innocent… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
We've got the science, we've had the debate. The moral imperative is on the table. Great creativity is needed to take it… — Andy Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
You have to understand, in this fight, the physical condition and technical preparation are not as important as character and will. The… — Ruslan Provodnikov Copy Share Image
Whereas if I want to create a prostitute character now from memories of different prostitutes and inventing stuff, I can say, "this… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes, which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Give respect to people whether they deserve it or not, Not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
“There are a great many ways in which, the church, by its insistence upon what it chooses to call morality, inflicts upon… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?" "I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps." "Your code… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The press is always more comfortable with factual determinations than moral ones, although in day-to-day life, a lot of people care a… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Playing Lord Ram is a once in a lifetime opportunity and, thankfully, people were convinced with my interpretation of the divine character… — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype. When people I've never met say I should act more like myself,… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
In my career, I've been lucky to do the bad guys that are more interesting, where the audience wants to spend more… — Peter Stormare Copy Share Image
With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing… — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
Like most people, Im fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
