Character Quotes · Page 271

Russell Crowe is normally an actor who disappears so far into his characters you'd swear his DNA has been altered.

— David Edelstein

Character shows itself apart from genius as a special thing. The first point of measurement of any man is that of quality.

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The most irritating movie character for me was that cradle-to-grave commie, Mary Poppins.

— Ann Coulter

“You can’t understand my work if you lack the moral deficiency to kill indiscriminately.”

— Martyn V. Halm

I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals.

— Tituss Burgess

Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.

— David Robinson

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

— John D. Rockefeller

Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.

— Edward Thorndike

Each character is a completely whole person with their problems and many sides to their personality. It's so rich with details as…

— Alexis Bledel

I love my grey hair and wrinkles. I love the fact that my face has more of an edge and more character…

— George Clooney

There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

It is truly connected to your job as an actor, and it benefits the character and the entire film to build a…

— Fred Hechinger

I naturally gravitate to darker characters. Gotham. Batman's suit. It's all dark; he's very interesting. It all comes from his builds and…

— David Finch

All that we want to do away with is the miserable character of this appropriation, under which the labourer lives merely to…

— Karl Marx

I love a period drama - the theatricality of going into work and having that distance between yourself and the character you're…

— Sophie Rundle

A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or…

— Samuel Johnson

I like characters who have two different things going on, whether it is Robin from 'Top Of The Lake' having that strength…

— Elisabeth Moss

The way I see it is, you can be a character on a TV show for years, then the TV show gets…

— Maryse Mizanin

When you fucking dive into another person or character. Im a Gemini so for me I try to keep one side of…

— Aaron Johnson

“Do not speak glibly of virtue. Nothing shall change-nothing-so long as each individual awaits preferment rather than embodying beneficence in himself; so…

— M.T. Anderson

“The moral aspect was merely a concomitant, a coverall for some deeper, almost forgotten purpose. That histoire should be story, lie and…

— Henry Miller

I like movies that deal with trapped men. Men that need to make choices that are not obvious or easy choices. Then…

— Hany Abu-Assad

A lot of times I play the villain or the comic relief, and I get to kind of play the comic relief…

— Missi Pyle

I love playing really strung out characters, and characters that are really pushed to their limits and losing their mind.

— Daniel Sharman

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

— Joel Kinnaman

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

— Laurie Metcalf

As an actor, it's your job to switch on and off from the character.

— Prateik Babbar

Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.

— Ram Charan

I think I embody the values of morals that my parents and life experiences have given me.

— Jason Kelce

I'm looking for richness, complexity, and characters that have different layers and that you don't really get bored of.

— Julian Jarrold

The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.

— Aristotle

The way I see it, the third series of 'Downton Abbey' is all about change and how each character adapts to those…

— Michelle Dockery

“The secret to having your characters stand out from all the rest is to put your heart and spirit into them. You”

— Rachel Ballon

Every time you see someone saying a character's too this or too that, those are the things that make a character.

— Leigh Bardugo

Being real sometimes means being able to admit that you're wrong. It shows strength in character, not weakness.

— Anonymous

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

— Aaron Hill

For whatever reason, I have never separated the technical from the ethical.

— Cathy O'Neil

There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.

— John McDonnell

I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.

— Fahadh Faasil