Character Quotes · Page 268

The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description.

— Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

I just love Ottawa because I was able to develop a lot of things, my own character as a man.

— Rohan Marley

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.

— Cara Buono

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

— Mahatma Gandhi

In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

— Domhnall Gleeson

I express things through characters because I have a fear that my own voice is irritating because that's been said to me.

— Maria Bamford

I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you with…

— Rebecca Hall

In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

— B. Carroll Reece

I don't even mind playing a bimbo or a silly girl, as long as it isn't stereotyped and there's a reason for…

— Kalki Koechlin

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which…

— Raymond Queneau

No person and no character is beyond redemption, ultimately. That's the great thing about playing a character that has kind of a…

— Murray Bartlett

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only…

— David Brin

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and…

— Vincent de Paul

I don't know if the character's come back and it was someone else playing it, or maybe they never did it again.…

— Brent Spiner

When people look back at my career, I want them to see a fierce competitor, but more importantly, I want to be…

— Kurt Warner

I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is…

— Jill Clayburgh

If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character.…

— Anonymous

I've always thought of characters like advent calendars. You have Christmas and you have all the little doors over the windows and…

— Jeremy Irons

A student may easily exhaust his life in comparing divines and moralists without any practical regard to morals and religion; he may…

— Samuel Johnson

Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a…

— Garry Trudeau

Now 3D is no longer a fad but I don't get all crazy about it and say that everything has got to…

— Tim Burton

With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis…

— Eric A. Hanushek

I saved letters from my boss. There are things in there that are directly transcribed. I was so glad I did that.…

— Melissa Febos

I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model.…

— Dan Auerbach

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

— Nicholas Lea

There's something really exciting about playing someone where you're given license to be unpredictable.

— Adam Driver

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

— Anonymous

The Situation' - my name, or my character - is known worldwide now.

— Michael Sorrentino

I often played nice guys when I was younger, and it's nice to be able to explore the darker side.

— Jerome Flynn

You have to continue to smile through life. And it's good when you get to bring that out in a character.

— Jason Mitchell

People grow with experience if they are honest & commited to the cause.Honesty & commitment is foundation of character.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds.

— Alex Pettyfer

I simply channeled a character, this time I allowed the character to inhabit me.

— Shirley MacLaine

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

— Brad Garrett

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very…

— Wes Anderson

I feel I should never do passive characters. They don't work for me.

— Emraan Hashmi

We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.

— Sophie Swetchine

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

I think morality is so individual and personal, and people draw their own lines of what that means for them.

— Jonah Hill

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

— Friedrich Nietzsche