Character Quotes · Page 328

“Association with other people corrupts our character; especially when we have none.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

— Andy Serkis

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

— Joan Cusack

I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

— Magnus Carlsen

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

— Oscar Wilde

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

— David Attenborough

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

— John C. Maxwell

Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time

— Vincent de Paul

Our world hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so. God has made the universe to be based on a moral…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film.…

— Alex Pettyfer

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control…

— John A. Lejeune

By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that…

— Mark Foley

When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good…

— Jessalyn Gilsig

“... it's pointless to think in moral terms when everything is permissible. We have become the people we detest. We have lost…

— Eric Gamalinda

Let me put it this way: I definitely need to understand the villains I play. The best cause pain to anesthetize themselves…

— Ron Perlman

What I find most injurious to mankind in modern advertising is the constant appeal to material standards and values, the elevating of…

— Ann Bridge

It has not been without bitter resistance by the clergy that woman's property and educational rights have advanced. Woman's anti-slavery work, her…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

I very easily decide in certain situations that I'm an outsider. That's just my own craziness. I think that I have sympathy…

— Jonathan Coulton

Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor,…

— Naseeruddin Shah

“The difference between good and evil is a matter of profundity. Which is nearer you, self-love and its immorality or love and…

— Austin Osman, Spare

“A man may possess a profound knowledge of history and mathematics; he may be an authority in psychology, biology, or astronomy; he…

— David O. McKay

It is not necessary for a man to be actively bad in order to make a failure in life; simple inaction will…

— James Terry White

“Soft power is not limited to moral exemplars like Mahatma Gandhi. Consider, for example, the much-ballyhooed excellence of Asians in fields like…

— Susan Cain

Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles. I think anyone who makes a…

— Barbara Broccoli

To give a successful character portrayal on stage or on film, the part has to be played inside of you.

— Yvette Mimieux

I enjoy performing different roles. I never want to get stuck with one character.

— Supriya Pathak

Don't be limited in your views with regard to your neighbor's virtue...You must enlarge your soul towards each other.

— Anonymous

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

— J. J. Abrams

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

— Woodrow Wilson

When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it.

— Marcia Clark

“The virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”

— Anonymous

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.

— Dean Norris

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.

— Pearl Cleage

I have made peace with the fact that Mahadev is going to be with me forever. The character had a universal appeal.

— Mohit Raina

You have to believe that you are the character or the thing or whatever the hell you're playing.

— Chris Penn

“Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders”

— Fela Durotoye

“Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans.

— Ronald Reagan

I don't want to be just seen as a character, because that can get exhausting after a while.

— Rich Brian

I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.

— Sandra Brown