Character Quotes · Page 460

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

— John Candy

If I'm doing a daily soap I would like my character to drive the narrative.

— Rupali Ganguly

We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.

— Elizabeth Marvel

What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity.

— Alex Karpovsky

A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

— Jean de la Bruyere

I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero.

— Steve Zahn

Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing.

— Billy Bob Thornton

William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time

— David Bradley

The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't…

— Frank Spotnitz

I did 'Shameless' on Showtime, and I felt like I really tried to go super-method with that, and it would just make…

— Laura Slade Wiggins

The view that honesty is something, and even a virtue, belongs, it is true, to those private opinions which are forbidden in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he…

— Brandon Routh

The crowd is a performer. En masse, a crowd has its own personality, its own character. And there are going to be…

— Paul Heyman

I weave in and out of Ethel. I don't ever want to be so corny to the point of saying, like, 'I…

— Ethel Cain

All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a…

— Milan Kundera

You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that…

— John Irving

I used to think that God's gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian…

— F.B. Meyer

“The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of…

— Germaine Greer

Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors.…

— Charlie Kaufman

The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if…

— Sabrina Jeffries

Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there…

— Marquis de Sade

A young man before he leaves the shelter of his father's house, and the guard of a tutor, should be fortify'd with…

— John Locke

One of the things that impacted me the most was in the 12th grade. I just assumed I would get the lead…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of…

— Plutarch

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like…

— William Sanderson

As an actor, you have to find reasons why your character made her decisions, and you have to empathise with her.

— Jodie Comer

You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I love characters that are awkward and flawed, I think we're all kind of like that no matter how together we tend…

— Erin Daniels

As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.

— Chuck Jones

My character is Toni Topaz, and she's from the new-generation Archie Comics. I will be rocking the signature pink hair.

— Vanessa Morgan

A lot of the stars were actually in the military and they were really strong characters.

— Kathy Garver

You've lived and all the experiences that you've had in life inform the characters you play.

— Amanda Redman

If you believe in subjective morality, why do you lock your doors at night?

— Ravi Zacharias

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

— Frans de Waal

I've played the villain before, but my baddies have always entertained.

— Akshaye Khanna

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

— Henry Clay

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I have to be responsible with my character, my image and my reputation.

— Polo G

We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who need it.

— Ron Williams

The moral is to make all one can out of life and live up to one's fingers' ends.

— Marian Hooper Adams