Character Quotes · Page 434

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

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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

— Kevin Smith

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 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

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

— Peter Boghossian

It's about respect and the morals and the value of life. And treat people how you want to be treated. That's the…

— A. J. Green

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not…

— Claire Messud

I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop - I'm poking…

— Harry Anderson

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but…

— Ursula Hegi

If our goal is to understand the world, to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity…

— Jonathan Haidt

Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never…

— Sam Levenson

I write 1,000 words a day first thing in the morning but I cannot write 240 characters to describe a piece that…

— Daniel Alarcon

I think a few of my most visible roles are crazy or peppy girls, but I've played a lot of characters who…

— Ashly Burch

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent…

— Arthur Helps

Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld,…

— Sivananda

I did 40 voices for Chris Wedge, the director of the first film, before coming up with the version we used. He…

— John Leguizamo

“[W]isdom is the child of integrity—being integrated around principles. And integrity is the child of humility and courage. In fact, you could…

— Stephen R. Covey

“A man who lives a part, not to others but alone, is exposed to obvious psychological dangers. In itself the practice of…

— John le Carré

“When the superior man has free course with his principles, that is what we call his success; when such course is denied,…

— Kaiten Nukariya

The people who are afraid of me, I wonder why, if they have a reason for it. People generally just express their…

— Michael C Hall

Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs…

— Bertrand Russell

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

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

— Cate Blanchett

Muhammad Ali was such an original - his antics, his character, his charisma, his strength, his individuality.

— Jon Jones

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

— Carey Mulligan

“You can easily judge the character of a person by how he treats those who can do nothing for him”

— Anonymous

I've made mistakes but the beauty of life is that each regret builds character and makes us a better person

— Vitor Belfort

From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters.

— Randy Savage

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

— David McCullough

Pay attention to the way your boyfriend treats others, because one day he will treat you that way as well.

— Anonymous

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

— Nadine Gordimer

I would love to play the villain, but again, it sort of what happens in this industry.

— Joe Morton

Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of…

— Jerry Bridges

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

— Rebel Wilson

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable…

— Jean-Paul Sartre