When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Extremes on either side are dangerous and pernicious to parent and child. For remissness will make children careless of all duty to… — William Gouge Copy Share Image
It'z not your gradez or degreez that define your intelligence; it'z the wordz comin out of your mouth that reflect your intellect! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse… — Charles T Sprading Copy Share Image
Chose your partner giving priority to the character, that's the place where the happiness lies. Character stays forever, Beauty fades.. — Habenick Copy Share Image
Keanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that.… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . .… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The reason it's called 'The Heart of Robin Hood' is that he starts off not having a heart - or certainly not… — David Farr Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“There must be a limit to that kind of lifestyle, though," she says. "You can’t use that strength as a protective wall… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Take myself as a good-will ambassador. I'm great - I'm taking myself as a character - for the intellectuals and the man… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
“All of us - all who knew her - felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
“If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation.… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
It's quite a trick to use three instruments to tell the story of two people, but Vores carried it off; three, for… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean… — John Burns Copy Share Image
When you play a character that is so emotionally closed there are times when you ask yourself if you are doing enough… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying historturer but not of keeping his… — Gilbert Keith Chesterton Copy Share Image
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There's a character I played in 'Love in a Cold Climate' - very like my mother. I asked if I could wear… — Celia Imrie Copy Share Image
Characters begin as voices, then gain presence by being viewed in others' eyes. Characters define one another in dramatic contexts. It is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The fundamentals for me are character and conflict. I put character first because readers will be indifferent to conflict if they are… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
“The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.” — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California.… — Madison Davenport Copy Share Image
What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say… — Sam Manekshaw Copy Share Image
Identifying with a character is one of the best parts of seeing a movie, but as women, we've had to train ourselves… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution. — African Spir Copy Share Image
Men and women of integrity, character, and purpose have ever recognized a power higher than themselves and have sought through prayer to… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“People who read D.H. Lawrence suspect that the forbidden is not necessarily without its virtue, and so are easily persuaded that the… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Most people don't have any association in their minds with what they do and with ethics. They think they somehow moved past… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“CHARACTER can not be developed in case and quiet,only through trials and sufferings can the soul be strengthened,inspired and success achieved.” — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
I think that if you get too close to the character, if you do too much historical research, you may find yourself… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image