“The self can watch itself becoming lazy, or non-watchful; this is an asset that can make both for humor and profound well-being.” — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit… — James Allen Copy Share Image
For me, my past characters been hard, the way they died, being murdered, the sadness that goes around, the death. It's a… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
People might think that I'm inaccessible, unapproachable, and dark. In many ways, my characters are uncomfortable to interact with, but that's not… — Sanjay Leela Bhansali Copy Share Image
I think portraying the Joker's point of view would do a disservice to that character. As soon as you get inside his… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
It was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.… — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I have that sort of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David/George Costanza thing where people are like, "How did you feel writing such… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I've never taken a job as an actor that I wasn't 100-percent sure I wanted to do. I've never had to think… — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
I love the idea of playing something stupid or romantic. I'm not the smartest man in the room. I listen, and I… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
There's a potter that lived back in the 1800s, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and his name was George Ohr. He was of Russian… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
I have a great interest in Victorian musical & cabaret performances and Weimar artists so the references are there, to Cabaret and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think as actors we need to close read scripts and we need to fully understand the intricacies of dialogue as well… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
“Pain defines moments in the lives of all human beings. The trial is not the endurance of pain but the choices we… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It's very much a character-based play. Conor's writing is almost musical and paints pictures at the same time. It's a joy as… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
I have always had an interest in performers who play against the most obvious of expectations and are able to find something… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention… — Gal Gadot Copy Share Image
Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I don't worry so much about the audience. I want them very much to be involved and enjoy the movie, but I… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
He is also handsome," replied Elizabeth, "which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“A man who takes into consideration the feelings of others even when arranging the manner of his own death shows a nobility… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The ability to reason is what gives us our capacity to have empathy for others, to value life itself. Our ability to… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I am happy with my role in 'Taxiwala.' It gave me a chance to do a character that was fun. I didn't… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“You could say that all my characters are reflections of myself, in that I share their wish to count for something, and… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
I really needed a show like 'Jane' when I was growing up, so being able to portray a positive Latina character means… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
When I started this character, it was me being 12 years old again. We would have other wrestlers come to our promos,… — Bayley Copy Share Image
I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
You can't argue that hip-hop rots away the moral character of kids or rots their brain and still see middle-class white kids… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
In a way, this kind of insight or recognition often permeates the way I think of character, how I plot action, and… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
