Character Quotes · Page 36

I want the look of a movie to be secondary. I really want people to be engaged in the story and the…

— Nicole Holofcener

I feel that a heroine or a leading character is someone who stays back with you, and I would like to believe…

— Bhumi Pednekar

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] Her sweetness of character is even beyond her genius.

— Mary Russell Mitford

I guess the passion I have for cinema is as strong as the one that I have for music. And I've always…

— Alexandre Desplat

Bravery is a virtue people revere in dead soldiers and then turn to disparage in someone extending her hand to a weirdo.

— Cord Jefferson

The king is so subtle with his words that he would confound the apostolic religion itself. He will find the weak points…

— Thomas Becket

Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair…

— Michael Josephson

There is no lapse in His character or inconsistency in His nature. Our God is everything he says He is… for now…

— Matt Redman

I have often played the cute, girl-next-door character, who is in love with the hero.

— Pranitha Subhash

I've played my fair share of unpleasant character, and I have to tell you that you sleep better when you're playing fun…

— James D'arcy

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

— Gary Bauer

The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out.

— LeCrae

When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

— Barbara Amiel

...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence…

— Cesar Chavez

Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize…

— Laurence Tribe

I'm not saying that all women are blameless - all women are not. There are women with despicable characters who are cruel…

— Gloria Steinem

You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're…

— Johnny Galecki

By self-analysis you can not change your character, but you may change your mentality.

— Anton Corbijn

It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or…

— Leslie Jamison

Excellence is never an accident.

— Jerold Panas

If you see the kids now they have attitude and a strong character. They play one or two games and demand they…

— Ryan Babel

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are…

— Eliza Coupe

I guess it's a pretty common experience while making a movie. You have to let go of the result and just hang…

— Sigourney Weaver

Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you…

— Frank Smith

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

— Honore de Balzac