Character Quotes · Page 186

Youll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isnt rolling.

— Brendan Fehr

“To explain our conventional ethical attitudes, is not to justify them.”

— Peter Singer

Suffering produces Character, and Character produces Hope, and Hope does not disappoint us

— Jeremy Lin

“There is nothing good or bad about knowledge itself; morality lies in the application of knowledge.”

— Jon Erickson

If there is no possibility for change in a character, we have no interest in him.

— Flannery O'Connor

''I'm human that mostly means I make the choices based on impulse rather than morals.''

— Jeremy Limn

I absolutely love Aquaman, and the character has been a passion since 'Blackest Night.'

— Geoff Johns

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

— Stephen Covey

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my…

— Francesca Annis

You know what? I wanna play something that is really... it changes the game. I don't wanna be the same story where…

— Terry Crews

I'm a character actress, and my particular brand is more mature, so I had to wait until my age caught up with…

— Jane Lynch

Before we can even begin to grapple with the frustrations and tragedies of life in this world, we must do away with…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, Born where Heav'n influence scarce can penetrate. In life's low vale, the soil the virtues…

— Alexander Pope

Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's…

— Anjelah Johnson

No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first, the foundations of true humility are laid in our…

— John Cassian

There is a version of me people see. I don't think I play up to it, I think it's more other people…

— Neil Warnock

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. And if you give too much away, you have…

— Shia LaBeouf

“I am the outskirts of some non-existent town, the long-winded prologue to an unwritten book. I'm nobody, nobody. I don't know how…

— Fernando Pessoa

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to…

— Alex Pettyfer

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue…

— Tim Buckley

“Morality is for everybody, and this means that the views of more than one person are needed to create it. That was…

— Alexander Mccall smith

“Guilt is our morality shame and guards our conscience. It tells us we have transgressed our values. It moves us to take…

— John Bradshaw

I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're…

— Jodie Foster

With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of…

— Jeremy Piven

The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.

— African Spir

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

— Ed Speleers

Sexy is always about boobs or butts. It's the way you walk, the way you talk, and the way you think.

— Nikhil Saluja

Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.

— Amber Heard

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

— Aristotle

Unless I was to play an accepted character from a novel, I won't put on a toupee.

— Jackie Coogan

The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

— Mencius

If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role,…

— Giancarlo Esposito

If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.

— Robert Englund

The drama is the looking-glass in which we see the hideousness of vice and the beauties of virtue.

— Fanny Kemble

Try to get your characters into interesting trouble. Allow your characters to misbehave. Let them stay out after 11.

— Charles Baxter

My character in 'Uthamaputhiran' will not speak much. But the audience would sure speak about my role after watching the film.

— Vivek

I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be…

— Andrea Corr

What you SAY and what you DO are two different things. It's the difference in the two that shows the truth to…

— Anonymous

In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.

— Andrew Jackson

You can't slit the throat of everyone whose character it would improve.

— Al Swearengen