Character Quotes · Page 409

It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.'

— Akira Toriyama

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

— Fulton J. Sheen

The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.

— Austin O'Malley

The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

— Barun Sobti

Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue.

— Tina Fey

When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.

— William Sanderson

The virtues you possess now bring you eternal pain. All you have is contempt for a life you can't obtain.

— Hatebreed

When the writing is good and it suits your character, you don't have to memorize anything, because it just makes sense. You…

— Amy Hill

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly…

— Ayn Rand

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's…

— Zooey Deschanel

I came on to the film with a very happy-go-lucky attitude which I think my character, Charlie, did when she went into…

— Jennifer Sky

A person of strong character is willing to be modest,humble & true to self. He strives to remain committed to his endeavour…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of…

— Cassandra Clare

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To be wealthy, a rich nature is the first requisite and money but the second. To be of a quick and healthy…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money,…

— Charles Lamb

It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces…

— Queen Latifah

“But I don't know, in the end, what deserts, chasms, achievements, virtues, and beauties have to do with love. We can love…

— Robert Penn Warren

Now what's important is that they have an attitude. Everybody has a look, but not everybody has cultivated what their stage persona…

— Bruce Vilanch

To be honest, I would have to say that there was a certain burden in working with Arnold, a big action star.…

— Kim Jee-woon

The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control…

— John C. Reilly

I’m not perfect. I never identified with the way I look; I was just born this way. I don’t feel rejection if…

— Erin Heatherton

Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.

— Chris Weitz

Han Solo has always been - and I think for a lot of people, too - this iconic character who's the absolute…

— Marjorie Liu

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

— Russell Mark

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

It's very weird trying to imagine yourself as a 'comedy character.'

— Mae Martin

It's not like I go around trying to imprint all the characters I play with Q.

— John de Lancie

An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.

— George Washington

I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character.

— Kevin Smith

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

— Aaron Stanford

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

— Salman Rushdie

I'm a hardcore reality lover. I love characters that people can relate with and yet a tinge of grey shade.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

My son, forbearance is a great virtue; there's no other like it.

— Sarada Devi

I didn't have to look like Jughead to have him be my favorite character.

— Ashleigh Murray

I always feel I'd like to just play people who are a bit less complicated.

— Douglas Henshall

“Faith is an unclassified cognitive illness disguised as a moral virtue.”

— Peter Boghossian

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

— Cate Blanchett