Character Quotes · Page 288

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

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

— B. Carroll Reece

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

— Rebecca Hall

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

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

— Michael Sorrentino

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

— Anonymous

TV has become long-form now. A season can be like a 13-hour film, separated into episodes, so you can analyse a character…

— Ashley Zukerman

“...So that someone might want to put you in a book...So that you may be worth putting in a book...Live like a…

— J.M. Coetzee

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character…

— William J. Clinton

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy…

— Juliette Binoche

True love is a high and holy principle, altogether different in character from that love which is awakened by impulse and which…

— Anonymous

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I love the levels, the depth, that the character has. He is the only member of the Justice League who cannot take…

— Ray Fisher

We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.

— Betsy DeVos

First, there's the job - where the goal is simply to earn a living and support your family. Then there's the career…

— Robert Bella

“People usually consider an active and proactive approach as a human virtue. However, sometimes doing nothing is the best choice we can…

— Eraldo Banovac

“Righteousness Where there is righteousness in the heart, There is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there…

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it…

— Lewis H. Lapham

I want our children's children to be free to walk safely down the street, girls to attend school, and women to work.…

— Julie Carmen

“It is true that wealth buys power and influence, but it does not buy morality, or kindness, or compassion. The pursuit of…

— Joseph M. Marshall III

I never want to write something until I know every scene in the movie. I don't want someone hiring me and then…

— Stephen Sommers

I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that.…

— Toby Jones

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

— Jason Mitchell

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

— Jerome Flynn

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”

— Amit Kalantri

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.

— Barbara Bush

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

— Elizabeth Moon

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character

— William Hurt

It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance.

— Frances Hesselbein

Life is less about what you do, and more about how and why you do those things. This is called character.

— Anonymous

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

— Walter Bagehot

“How much easier to produce moral musings than present the fresh challenge of the kingdom!”

— N.T. Wright

Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.

— Ruth Gordon

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

— Francois Fenelon

Being the first deaf person to play a regular character is a huge privilege and was long overdue.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

“He had become a character in a play, same story, over and over.”

— Ari Berk

You're never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.

— Robin Wright

I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality…

— Jasmine Guy