Character Quotes · Page 426

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.

— Nicole Kidman

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

— Gary Bauer

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

— Juan Diego Solanas

Character, story and plot are affected by any action sequence so you have to really design them accordingly.

— Kari Skogland

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

— Jesse Eisenberg

There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish.

— Immanuel Kant

It's important to know the kind of character that you need to be building up to, throughout the series.

— Holliday Grainger

“In a darkening world where the shadows of violence, political expediency, materialism and junk culture grow ever longer, sport as it is…

— Eamon Dunphy

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had…

— Dan Castellaneta

“Your looks will introduce you, but your character and personality will make them to like you,love you and they would want to…

— De philosopher DJ kyos

It is my moral obligation to vote for Biden because I do not believe that Trump is a decent person and I…

— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as…

— Esther Williams

It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was…

— Frances McDormand

Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.

— Abigail Adams

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as…

— Anonymous

Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“A lesson for you, Mr. Grim: Intending an action and doing it are far from the same thing. Until you are right…

— Violet Haberdasher

My favorite thing in moviemaking is to shoot in chronological order if at all possible, because it just helps for continuity and…

— Zoe Bell

“The decisions we make and the way we behave are what ultimately shape our character. Charles A. Hall aptly described that process…

— Wayne S. Peterson

What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to…

— George W. Bush

So you know when you were work on Man of Steel, in 10 years somebody is going to do the music for…

— Zack Snyder

I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a…

— Jason Isbell

Women are always murdered and maimed, and they’re never given their rightful place as lead characters! And I think [creator Michael Hirst]…

— Clive Standen

As far as the destiny of the character, I just play them until they're gone. I try not to get too involved.

— Paul Sparks

Actually, they [ Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump] are doing pretty well on their own. They don't need my character to step in.

— Sandra Bullock

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

— Henry Drummond

I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

— Jason O'Mara

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

— Meg Tilly

Miranda's my character; I created her! But there's a lot of comedy I want to bring to the world that isn't just…

— Colleen Ballinger

The moral sense is a natural faculty in us like the sense of smell or of touch.

— Peter Kropotkin

Actions receive their tincture from the times, And as they change are virtues made or crimes

— Daniel Defoe

The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.

— Pablo Picasso

I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll…

— Meryl Streep

If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

— Khandi Alexander

Sound character provides fuel which makes one fights with the adversity of life instead of being overwhelmed by them.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.

— Rick Warren

I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.

— Elisha Cuthbert