I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror… — David Naughton Copy Share Image
We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose… — Stuart Briscoe Copy Share Image
I think every actor tries to put a little bit of themselves into each character, and I think if you watch very… — Chris Demetral Copy Share Image
When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground. — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
For me, the first thing that I respond to - whether it's doing a play or movie or television or anything -… — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
The less you offer, the more readers are forced to bring the world to life with their own visual imaginings. I personally… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share Image
Many writers write across difference of one kind or another. Sometimes the difference is large and recognizable: gender, or race, or religion,… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“but you must keep on shoving all the virtues outward till they are finally located in the circle of fantasy, and all… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“Some have accused me of a strange design Against the creed and morals of this land, And trace it in this poem… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
Zen says: Remain true to your freedom. And then a totally different kind of being arises in you, which is very unexpected,… — OSHO Copy Share Image
“When they know what makes you cry, they know what hurts you most. Don't give your enemies that." Solin, character in The… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you. — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Not only was I really, really depressed when I was not out to the world, but I just finished my NBC series,… — Josie Totah Copy Share Image
Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“Since the fall of man was ethical in character (not metaphysical) the unregenerate and regenerate share the facts of the world and… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm a fan of satire. I'd debate anyone, but it would have to be the actual person. That would be my… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who doesn't want to see the films, but I like to see them as an end product when the… — Juno Temple Copy Share Image
Actually there were [ in MacGyver] a lot of things about the original that focused on the character, but not too many… — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in a pretty world. It's boring to me. If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for… — Paula Malcomson Copy Share Image
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist.… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is sad to lose values in the fight to belong¦ establish personal boundaries relating to your character or values that yields… — Nkululeko Goqo Copy Share Image
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence.… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image