If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person… — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it's doing the right thing when everyone is looking.… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I would love to be in the position where the role is challenging enough that I need three months to prepare for… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I believe that the highest virtue is to be happy, living in the greatest truth, not submitting to the falsehood of these… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I push myself as hard as I can. Sometimes that can be painful and stressful but inthe end it's worth the price...… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
What really sells a fight, and any kind of action, is the performance of it. If someone is uncomfortable or uncertain about… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
“The medieval world then is one in which not only is the scheme of the virtues enlarged beyond an Aristotelian perspective, but… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
He wore a sprinkling of powder upon his head, as if to make himself look benevolent; but if that were his purpose,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In the true, original, catholic, evangelical religion of Jesus Christ, and in this alone, all the divided religions of Christendom find their… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
A lot of actors say that no villain wants to be a villain, generally. They don't might being evil, maybe, but they… — Liam McIntyre Copy Share Image
Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Finding the voice of a character, no matter who it is - from Black Widow to Han Solo - is the first… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I think - I honestly think that my story is not 100 percent that unique. I think that I'm - just the… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“I've come to believe that virtue isn’t a condition of character. It’s an elected action. It’s a choice we keep making, over… — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
Cry Baby is just a character in this world that I'm trying to create, and the music videos are really important to… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
Any show that kind of relish the damage of its main character without really investigating what that damage does, where it's from… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age...… — Janet McTeer Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play.… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
Many people seem to have this double moral. They say one thing and then do another thing. They say that the climate… — Greta Thunburg Copy Share Image
I've realized over the years I either play very good people or very bad people, and I think I always enjoy the… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
Because of the pace of daytime, you don't necessarily have time to work every detail of your character, so you have to… — Sarah Brown Copy Share Image
I have campaigned all over the state of South Carolina. It is the friendliest state in the country. And truly here people… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
'The Fever' is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
If you get a show named after you, and then play another character, that's fine. But if you do a show that's… — Jamie Farr Copy Share Image
Whether it's a very dramatic part or a comical role, I feel I need to create the same thing: a full-fledged, three-dimensional… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Had I not gone through the struggles and the obstacles I had, I would not be as strong as I am today.… — Nadya Suleman Copy Share Image