I loved character actresses like Julie Walters and Alison Steadman, films like 'Nuts in May' and 'Educating Rita.' And I never get… — Ruth Jones Copy Share Image
Weirdly enough, I don't like to pretend. I try to use things in me, and translate them into the situation and the… — Noomi Rapace Copy Share Image
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Since my worldview has expanded, I don't consider myself working class anymore, and I'm attracted to playing characters who go through a… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I think I've proven with my career that I can play a wide variety of characters. Yet, I still get typecast as… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
You will never win if you don't deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to… — Ranveer Singh Copy Share Image
We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty,… — William Barr Copy Share Image
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I would say plotting is the most difficult thing for me. Characterization is only hard because sometimes I feel I get so… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If we betake ourselves to the statistical method, we do so confessing that we are unable to follow the details of each… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I hope that 'Gambit' doesn't take ten years, but it takes a little honing to get that tone and that voice exactly… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
With fiction, I've grown to really love the challenge of lying, the challenge of telling a good tale that isn't truthful, and… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
It was a dagger in the haughty father's heart, an arrow in his brain, to see how the flesh and blood he… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I remember, when we started 'Leverage,' we were all in Chicago, and I read the script for the pilot and thought, 'Boy,… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I always liked those characters in 'True Blood' who could turn into animals. I'd love to be an animal of some kind… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
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The reality is if you tell people something long enough, good or bad, they're going to believe it. And for a while… — Shawn Spears Copy Share Image
Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out… — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
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The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It took me a while to get over 'Highway'. I started living the character of 'Veera' very closely. I don't think I… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
People are used to seeing me in make-up and blow-dried hair but after a point I felt like pushing myself. As an… — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's… — Dutch Sheets Copy Share Image
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use… — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
When I was asked to play the lead character Mohini in Avunu' I asked Ravi Babu why he chose me. He said… — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
“It is equally important to be cognisant of building a healthy relationship out of bipartisanship that excludes unilateral interests; but rather embrases… — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
I hated teaching Shakespeare. In order for the students to understand what was going on, you had to tell them the story… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
God, I love the "fine morality" of the wealthy and powerful. You'll spill tears over your own, in a heartbeat. And then… — David Weber Copy Share Image
If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
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