Character Quotes · Page 313

“the foundation of effectiveness is not first techniques or tools, but character.”

— Matt Perman

People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.

— Robert Englund

In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.

— David Walton

Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.

— Don Winslow

“People always brag about their vices; it is when they begin to brag about their virtues that they become insufferable.”

— G.K. Chesterton

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.

— Marcus Aurelius

“No. Because I'm not a cold plate of m-m-macaroni. I'm a warm-hearted person. It's the basis of my character.”

— Truman Capote

Virtue often trips and falls on the sharp-edges rock of poverty.

— Eugene Sue

Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character…

— George F. Kennan

In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've…

— Michael Koryta

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't…

— Drew Goddard

“There are few people who are mature enough to uphold moral and ethical values; who have a remarkable character; who are honest…

— Sandeep N. Tripathi

We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves.…

— Anita Ratnam

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster,…

— William James

“ “Virtue is its own reward.But then, the same could be said for sin.” —The Dowager Marchioness of Wallingham to the Countess…

— Elisa Braden

“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanours, and faith quickly becomes cruel if it is not subdued by…

— Amin Maalouf

Manner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is…

— Flora Thompson

“There has been no single influence which has done more to prevent man from finding God and rebuilding his character, has done…

— Fulton J. Sheen

It's never the practice to shoot the scenes in the proper order. Sometimes you shoot the final scenes of a film before…

— Luke Evans

It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“How does your integrity reflect on God and impact the people around you? None of us are perfect, but we can be…

— Anonymous

“She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have…

— Jane Austen

Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as…

— Adam Beach

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man.…

— Brian J. White

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

— Sissy Spacek

“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.”

— Socrates

I feel Karna is the noblest character in the 'Mahabharat,' and Duryodhan is reason for the war between cousins.

— Puneet Issar

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

— Aaron Stanford

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character…

— Rose Leslie

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

— Tom Felton

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

— Steve Buscemi

Don't fall in love with the face and body it won't last long. Fall in love with the spirit,heart and character.

— Hungyo

Macklin, being Macklin, just took on a life of his own. I almost never use real people as models for my characters.

— James Patterson

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.

— John Stuart Mill

The issue of transsexualism is an ethical one that has profound social and moral ramifications.

— Janice Raymond

I always wanted to do a web series where I play a negative character, or someone who's a druggie, or a spoilt…

— Riya Sen

Love is nothing less than a lesson ; and its moral is nothing more than WHY !

— Chandan Ray

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When I'm acting, I just want to be the character and not have to think of any film technicalities.

— Denzel Whitaker

When I am filming a movie, I think I tend to do what I want with my character.

— Park Bo-young