Character Quotes · Page 421

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.'

— Chadwick Boseman

“Shouldn't a man's character be judged by the way he lives, not by how much destruction he causes?" "That's”

— Phoebe Conn

Never compromise your morals for anyone or anything or you'll surely regret it.

— Sonya Parker

I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.

— Tom Kenny

As an actor, you have to perform the character in the way that people relate to.

— John Bishop

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

— Olivia Munn

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

— Clive Owen

“To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being.”

— Tom Hiddleston

You know what? I wanna play something that is really... it changes the game. I don't wanna be the same story where…

— Terry Crews

Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, Born where Heav'n influence scarce can penetrate. In life's low vale, the soil the virtues…

— Alexander Pope

No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first, the foundations of true humility are laid in our…

— John Cassian

Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's…

— Anjelah Johnson

There is a version of me people see. I don't think I play up to it, I think it's more other people…

— Neil Warnock

Men neglect the duties incumbent on man, yet are treated like demi-gods; religion is also separated from morality by a ceremonial veil,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of…

— Duane Elgin

What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects…

— Kim Ji-woon

I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as…

— Nicolas Cage

Loyalty saves us from the self-advantaging compromising of important relations - such as friendship, marital and professional commitments, group memberships, and so…

— John Kleinig

Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being believed to be infinitely…

— David Josiah Brewer

“Theology that defines virtue as obedience to God suppresses the virtue of revolt. A woman being battered by her husband will be…

— Rebecca Ann Parker

“[92] Plato, in his fourth book of Laws, says that the præfectures of music and gymnic exercises are the most important employments…

— Montesquieu

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance…

— Maria Edgeworth

The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No…

— Martin Landau

While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development - focus matters. A Christianity constantly…

— J. D. Vance

“In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.”

— Wilkie Collins

Barack Obama presents as kind of a cool character, and I think that that's his natural personality.

— Anna Quindlen

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.

— Quentin Tarantino

It's fun to play someone who seems evil and to reveal their vulnerabilities.

— Andy Daly

Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency of sin.

— Horace Bushnell

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

— Alison Bechdel

“there are serious environmental and ethical problems with the industrial food system.”

— John Durant

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

— Christopher Hitchens

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

— Arthur C. Clarke

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you…

— Samuel Johnson

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

— John D. Rockefeller

I may have played romantic roles, but each character has been different, with his own personality.

— Fawad Khan

“We do not believe that any other virtue is more important than bravery”

— Veronica Roth

How a character hides his feelings tells us something about him.

— Martin Landau

Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.

— Freeman Dyson

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

— James A. Michener