Character Quotes · Page 243

I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and…

— Haley Joel Osment

Nicole Garcia has always portrayed characters in a very human and complex way.

— Stacy Martin

No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.

— Laura Carmichael

Being an atheist is a matter not of moral choice, but of human obligation.

— John Fowles

The main character and the most important character are not always the same person - you have to know the difference.

— John Irving

Life is not about achieving success and wealth alone; you need to include total package of your character at the same time!

— Kemmy Nola

If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

— Zooey Deschanel

I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.

— Eric Bana

The big insight that I have, not so much from writing 'Red Notice' but from living as the main character of 'Red…

— Bill Browder

“It's not about grades, or saaviness, or sex appeal. It's all about grit. The strength of your character is the strength of…

— Jennifer Coletta

When you read a fantasy novel part of the fun is getting to explore a new world. Everyone knows that. But I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Not everyone likes watching rushes, but it makes me work harder, and I don't feel I am watching myself, but watching the…

— Jacqueline Bisset

One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play…

— Philippe Falardeau

I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a…

— Lorraine Toussaint

Attitudes can change, character is forever. Make your words and actions directly connected to ethical solutions and reasonable choices, let others boast…

— Jill White

I'm dropping all of the extra baggage that's blocking my path toward my destiny...a level of dignity, character, or the like: a…

— Dallas Roberts

To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate…

— Matthew Davis

I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start…

— Jemaine Clement

An initial impulse of mine was to portray the way in which a city is impacted by war. But this is vague,…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been…

— James Cameron

I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can help them…

— Kristin Kreuk

There wasn't a pinpoint time that it clicked, but I know for sure the end of Ring of Honor I started to…

— Tommaso Ciampa

This fundamental subject of Natural Selection will be treated at some length in the fourth chapter; and we shall then see how…

— Charles Darwin

I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's voice. That was a great voiceover; it really…

— Ridley Scott

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.

— Novalis

I've never had like many friends, I've had a few. It's just something that's in my character, in my personality.

— Aleister Black

Don't envy anybody. Every person has something no one else has. Develop that one thing in yourself, and make it outstanding!

— Anonymous

I got spoiled on 'Breaking Bad.' Playing the same guy for four or five seasons, you get to really explore who the…

— Aaron Paul

That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.

— Patricia Cornwell

Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.

— Milton Friedman

“I'd rather have a bottle o' phlegm on me, than a moral phlebotomy.”

— Paco Nathan

Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it.

— Anonymous

No matter what's happening in my life, I can always get lost in the romances of my characters.

— Amanda Seyfried

If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.

— Paula Malcomson

I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.

— Tahereh Mafi

Fills the heart with its unforgettable characters and small-town charm. A feel-good read as welcome as a favorite friend!

— Christie Ridgway

“I wear my backbone as battery, brain is my currency, heart is my bedrock, character is my legacy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

All my main characters have got bits of me, bits of my family, bits of my friends.

— Lisa Jewell

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

— Andy Serkis

“The qualities we appreciate in a character are not the same as those we would look for in a college roommate.”

— Margaret Atwood