Character Quotes · Page 317

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

— Kelly Lynch

It wears on your soul when you take on the mental state of a dark character.

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love…

— Clemence Poesy

Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.

— Paul Auster

In portraying Jang Han-seok, I tried to draw upon certain aspects of myself and emphasize expressions of evil from deep within.

— Ok Taec-yeon

Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

— Anonymous

I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are…

— Faith Prince

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever…

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of…

— Steve Coogan

The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the food, money,…

— Patrick Macnee

Most obviously it [Doctor Strange] will introduce a new character who will be in play in the universe, but once you have…

— Kevin Feige

“We all need a moral compass. Before you say or do anything, check your inner G.P.S. by asking, "Does this show respect…

— Pam Farrel

I'd be happy to play anyone's girlfriend. I'm happy to be working, ever. It's not an intentional thing to play these messed…

— Madeline Zima

“Associated with gratitude is virtue. I think they are related because he who is disposed to shun virtue lacks appreciation of life,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having…

— Joel Kinnaman

“Until recently, I never realized to what degree the middle class is a moral, rather than an economic, entity, based less on…

— Andrew Todhunter

Like Flannery O'Connor, McCorkle's genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing,…

— Ron Rash

When I'm making the movie, I absolutely do. I work so hard, and out of the raw material that is the script…

— Sigourney Weaver

“Many of us draw lines which we intend never to cross. But life tests our resolve, mercilessly at times, and a foot…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“When we do a moral act to offset an immoral one, we are engaged in “moral cleansing.” When we do nothing, or…

— David DiSalvo

I love it and it is a blessing to be able to have seventy-five to eighty episodes to develop a character and…

— David Zayas

You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and…

— Drew Goddard

Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

— Woody Hayes

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

— Hosea Ballou

Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too.

— Thomas Jefferson

You can always find ways to make it different, as long as it's a really well-written script and well-written character.

— Georgina Haig

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

— H. L. Mencken

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

— Samuel Adams

If I could play any character from the book though it’d be Church. Who wouldn’t want to be a cat?!

— Jamie Campbell Bower

“Your Christ-following character is not defined by what happens to you, but rather by how you react to what happens to you.”

— David Weyrick

The comedy and character interaction on 'Atlantis' is what makes it so different from most science fiction shows.

— David Hewlett

'100 Bullets' is a novel on its own. 'Brother Lono,' other than the main character, has nothing to do with '100 Bullets.'

— Brian Azzarello

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on…

— George Bernard Shaw

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

— Nelson Mandela

As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work.

— Peter Jackson

It's great when people recognise you as 'Karan Wahi' and not a character you have played.

— Karan Wahi

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice

— Edward James Olmos

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.

— Saul Bellow