Character Quotes · Page 1,233

But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn't a bad idea. IfI write…

— Beth Henley

I love mixing prints. The costume designer for 'Pair of Kings' and I have actually incorporated the trend for my character 'Mikayla.'

— Kelsey Chow

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

— Felix Adler

God does not make us holy in the sense of character; He makes us holy in the sense of innocence, and we…

— Oswald Chambers

The greatest works of literature seem to embody both "art" and "morality".

— Joyce Carol Oates

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

— Christian McKay

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their…

— Paul Dano

I play a lot of characters where I don't even speak in my own voice. I learned about focus and I learned…

— Jenny Slate

I realise there are situations where I camp it up, make myself into a sort of novelty character to ease things along.…

— Perfume Genius

Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.

— Joyce Meyer

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost.…

— Robert Kennedy

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

— Gichin Funakoshi

We wonder why we don't have faith; the answer is, faith is confidence in the character of God and if we don't…

— Anonymous

“It's impressive when you're such a mysterious fictional character that even avid enthusiasts are debating your existence within the mythos.”

— Ben Thompson

I'm open to any opportunity as long as the movie boasts a winning combination of compelling story and character.

— Iko Uwais

“In a darkening world where the shadows of violence, political expediency, materialism and junk culture grow ever longer, sport as it is…

— Eamon Dunphy

I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a…

— Alexandra Byrne

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what…

— Tabatha Coffey

I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in…

— Charles M. Schulz

Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in…

— Anonymous

After 'Orange' wrapped and my character wrapped, I felt like I went through a bit of a mourning period.

— Madeline Brewer

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve…

— David Mallet

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

— Emily Blunt

Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.

— Muriel Spark

“Who can compute what the world loses in the multitude of promising intellects combined with timid characters, who dare not follow out…

— John Stuart Mill