Character Quotes · Page 218

Ethics and I had crossed paths recently, and I’m not sure that I fell on the right side of the morality line.

— S.C. Stephens

I don't ever want to do the same character twice. Variety excites me.

— Priyanka Chopra

I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.

— Ang Lee

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

— Howard Cosell

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

— Rachel Carson

You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.

— Ray Romano

Adversity can do nothing but sculpt the character of the subjected.

— Charlie Butcher

I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.

— Kevin Spacey

I'm always trying to get my characters to the point of complete rebelliousness. I like that attitude that characters feel when they…

— Sebastian Lelio

I am an artist, and I have a lot more to offer than just being a one-dimensional character, and I think our…

— Rusev

The arguments about parents being too permissive and kids growing up without superegos are not based on fact. Our research tells us…

— Lawrence Kohlberg

Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you…

— Kyle Massey

The lead character in 'Adaptation' is pretty much me but with more talent. Every time I watch 'Adaptation,' I feel very emotional…

— John Grant

My connection to music is so strong. I cling to it. I vibe out to it. I release stress to it. Music…

— Mahershala Ali

My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is…

— Kojo Annan

Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues,…

— Marquis de Sade

It's odd how a person always arouses admiration for his moral qualities among the relatives of another with whom he has sexual…

— Marcel Proust

It's important for the character, over the course of six years, to have checked off all the different boxes of the things…

— Matt Warburton

But with 'Newsrevue' I started doing some characters, and I just loved how you were in control. You could write something that…

— Sara Pascoe

It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting…

— Brent Weeks

If you mentioned Hanna-Barbera to people, they said, 'Oh yeah, Flintstone, Yogi, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons,' and that was pretty much it. We have…

— Fred Seibert

That is many poets don't know how to tell a story and they don't have a sense of how to put things…

— Edward Hirsch

It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in…

— Abigail Breslin

“Philosophers and many proponents of cognitive psychology hold that moral judgments are within our control, and thus people who choose to commit…

— Katherine Ramsland

I support the higher moral standard that this country has decided to hold itself to.

— Gina Haspel

Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

— Billy Sunday

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never…

— Christopher Lambert

There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.

— Dennis Haysbert

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

For me, patience is a virtue and the result is much more important than the road.

— Isaac Wright Jr

You ought to be able to wear your character like a Lycra bodysuit.

— Andy Daly

Every character, if fleshed out properly, is being taken seriously.

— Varun Sharma

What is Milan's character? Let's not be closed in by our provincialism.

— Franca Sozzani

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

— Jane Levy

I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to…

— Zuleikha Robinson

If you REALLY want to know how a guy will treat you, look at how he treats his mom, sister, grandma, boss,…

— Cynthia Silva

I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.

— Ronald Reagan

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

— Howie Long

Whatever character I play, I want to inspire. I don't want to just be the girlfriend or be the wife.

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

..to write and to live are very different. Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it.

— Samuel Johnson