Character Quotes · Page 215

The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.

— Anonymous

When you know psychologically what [characters] are feeling, then that plays out on how you dress a lot of times.

— Nicole Kidman

I always get sort of an image of what the character is gonna look like and then I kind of go with…

— Joel Kinnaman

People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.

— Robert Englund

“the foundation of effectiveness is not first techniques or tools, but character.”

— Matt Perman

A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United…

— Edmund Randolph

I thought, 'Could I ever call myself ugly as a character?' And it was like, 'Yeah, I'd love to be able to…

— Kathy Burke

“People always brag about their vices; it is when they begin to brag about their virtues that they become insufferable.”

— G.K. Chesterton

Usually I start with a concept, which I then sketch out so that I can get a feel for the character. The…

— Noelle Stevenson

Morals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions. Reason of itself is utterly impotent in this particular. The rules of morality, therefore,…

— David Hume

“Great men are strong men with great leadership qualities. They inspire others to be loving and caring like themselves. By this their…

— Ellen J. Barrier

the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve…

— Theodore Roosevelt

[The main character] is in a forever-growing process. I feel the movie [everybody Loves Somebody] did that very well and not finishing…

— Karla Souza

To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved.…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat…

— Thomas Jefferson

Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress…

— Oswald Chambers

I've often said why does God leave us here on earth, once we accept Christ, once we're in the family, why didn't…

— Rick Warren

It is a revolution; a revolution of the most intense character; in which belief in the justice, prudence, and wisdom of secession…

— Judah P. Benjamin

O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner…

— Hosea Ballou

The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting - the war and the revolution - and the…

— Leon Trotsky

I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular…

— Denzel Washington

In our time, we have become too interested in the artist and his or her character and experience as a way of…

— Salman Rushdie

We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it…

— Stephen Gaghan

Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.

— Don Winslow

In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.

— David Walton

Virtue often trips and falls on the sharp-edges rock of poverty.

— Eugene Sue

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

— Sissy Spacek

“No. Because I'm not a cold plate of m-m-macaroni. I'm a warm-hearted person. It's the basis of my character.”

— Truman Capote

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.

— Marcus Aurelius

Don't fall in love with the face and body it won't last long. Fall in love with the spirit,heart and character.

— Hungyo

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

— Steve Buscemi

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

— Tom Felton

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character…

— Rose Leslie

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

— Aaron Stanford

I feel Karna is the noblest character in the 'Mahabharat,' and Duryodhan is reason for the war between cousins.

— Puneet Issar

“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.”

— Socrates

I always wanted to do a web series where I play a negative character, or someone who's a druggie, or a spoilt…

— Riya Sen

The issue of transsexualism is an ethical one that has profound social and moral ramifications.

— Janice Raymond

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.

— John Stuart Mill