Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
I think you always take away a little bit of a character with you, and it kinda like hangs on you for… — Jackson Rathbone Copy Share Image
It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
“... You saved me from a life filled with absurd prejudice and morality and allowed me to grow...” — Julie Maroh Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
My debut film, 'Madras Cafe,' is a political thriller in which John Abraham plays an army officer. My character's name is Ruby… — Raashi Khanna Copy Share Image
I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The more a character wants and the less a character has the ability to get what they want, the more you have… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
It's hard to play a continuing character like Loomis for nearly 11 years and simply wash your hands of him. It seems… — Donald Pleasence Copy Share Image
You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different. — Max Greenfield Copy Share Image
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true. — Dean Norris Copy Share Image
Blackness is an ocean, a universe, a possibility that can never be exhausted. And so we have to constantly reaffirm the necessity… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Developing characters is a collective process, on one hand; it's an individual process on the other. The truth is rarely pure and… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character. — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing. — Paula Malcomson Copy Share Image
