Character Quotes · Page 448

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

— Albert Einstein

I like to play these unconventional characters, yes. They're close to the way I feel as a human being.

— Ken Stott

“compassion is a wonderful virtue but don’t waste it on those undeserving.”

— Bruce Springsteen

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity.

— Robert J. Shiller

Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.

— Ayn Rand

I really liked the idea of playing - I won't say the underdog - but characters who have a lot of conflict.

— Joshua Henry

I've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters.

— Rose McIver

What makes Existence really nice Is Virtue--with a dash of Vice.

— Harry Graham

In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break…

— Rachael Harris

I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I…

— Lin Shaye

I started thinking about the endless bullshit about quotas, and how certain types of character are fine "as long as it's important…

— Hal Duncan

Pep has sufficient character, Pep has never stopped feeling a cule , and that's normal because as a player he was there…

— Joan Laporta

The downside of doing a multi-protagonist movie is that you don't get to service each character as you would if they were…

— Justin Simien

One of the things that I've been trying to do with my characters, one of the things that does lead to me…

— Stephen Moyer

...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide…

— Ayn Rand

When I decided to pursue a career as a Muppet Performer when I was in college, it was my hope to be…

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not…

— William Batchelder Greene

“It is less appealing, but morally more urgent, to understand the actions of the perpetrators. The moral danger, after all, is never…

— Timothy Snyder

I remember my first commercial. This is really great 'Degrassi' trivia: The character Toby on 'Degrassi,' played by Jake Goldsbie, he and…

— Charlotte Arnold

There is one way by which a strolling player may be ever secure of success; that is, in our theatrical way of…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an…

— Blaise Pascal

The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school.…

— Bill Ayers

It takes a while for audiences on film to see you as something different if they've seen you for so long as…

— Omar Dorsey

Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are…

— Anonymous

People forget that actors are actors, who are looking to put on the clothes and the character, and then shed it just…

— Milo Ventimiglia

“The agonizing flames of misery can turn the human heart inside your skull into a breeding ground for virtues.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I enjoy working away from home as it gives me the space to really commit to the character.

— Sacha Dhawan

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.

— Stephen Chow

I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived.

— Marilu Henner

Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.

— Frances McDormand

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

— Joshua Ferris

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

— Jacqueline Bisset

The nice thing about 'Farscape' is that you got to be the good guy and still do the bad guy things.

— Ben Browder

“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”

— Joan Didion

You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.

— Sinclair Lewis

I'm a big fan of when you model a character as someone with a biological origin, doing deep dives and a lot…

— Mark Waid

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

— Jill Clayburgh

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one.…

— Alan Ladd