Character Quotes · Page 299

While it's great that some actors can do any character with conviction, I'd probably look odd doing anything unreal.

— Waheeda Rehman

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

— Lysa TerKeurst

“On Love - Men love women for their virtues. Women love men in spite of their flaws.”

— Marsha Hinds

I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.

— Laurie Holden

“We are alien to each other, and their virtues are even more repugnant to my taste than their falsehoods and false dice.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

— Ben Kingsley

If the Devil is an evil computer, who the hell programmed it? Who is the Dr. Frankestein of this abominable character?

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.

— Graham Yost

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands…

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

— David S. Goyer

When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to…

— Dwayne Johnson

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, and I grew…

— Trixie Mattel

Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description.…

— Ray Bradbury

Norman is a very up-close, personal, character drama and I'd like to do something more zoomed out, a little more pastoral, some…

— Andrew Bird

I was in WCW 20 odd years ago and people really didn't like the character I did at the time. It was…

— William Regal

I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is…

— Etgar Keret

Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character…

— William Shatner

It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the…

— Nathaniel Branden

The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by…

— Meister Eckhart

Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow…

— Nancy Kress

Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that…

— Steve Perry

This curious faith is predicated on the notion that we will soon develop unlimited new sources of energy: domestic oil fields, shale…

— Wendell Berry

While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it.…

— John Wooden

There are seven things that will destroy us, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Religion without sacrifice, Politics without…

— Coldheart

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

— Jonathan Groff

People do not understand that what I do on stage is a character, my fans know who I truly am.

— Miley Cyrus

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

— Mukesh Rishi

The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.

— Walter J. Phillips

I love when someone says they have morals but never follow them,

— Kiera

I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.

— Antonio Banderas

The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.

— Michael Fassbender

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.

— Toni Morrison

When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or…

— Steve Buscemi

I was really good at being a bad guy; I like that role. Not being bad to people - just talking bad.

— Ric Flair

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

— Kathryn Bigelow

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

— Stephen Covey

'Supernatural' was great because my character changed so much from beginning to end, always keeping me on my toes.

— Julie McNiven

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson