I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
“Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The ratings thing is the real issue. It really hurts movies. For example, in Redbelt, I smoked. The whole plot of my… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
The Josh Brolin character in that movie [Hail, Caesar!], he's given a choice to leave, to do something where he wouldn't have… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or… — Haley Bennett Copy Share Image
By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The morality of scholarship, as currently practiced, is to encourage everyone to replace difficult pleasures by pleasures universally accessible precisely because they… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Gustave Flaubert said, "Emma Bovary, c'est moi." It is not possible to write something you are not, but to have a new… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is… — Emmitt Smith Copy Share Image
I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes, and clothes. It's preferable when it's not… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
There's a witch under this hair. The red lips are - I don't want to call them "armor," but they're the clothes… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image