As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
'Dexter,' while the pilot shares moments with the novel that created the character of Dexter, they completely abandoned the book from that… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
If you are on a TV series and you have a hard time disassociating from that character when you get home, your… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Some people tell me they would be afraid of my characters, but I tell those people [that] they meet these characters all… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
You know, I think a lot of times what happens when we as actors know we're playing a bad guy is we… — Laz Alonso Copy Share Image
To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
I had a friend who had done the cinematics for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' so he kind of indoctrinated me into the series.… — Eric Johnson Copy Share Image
Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Cyborg represents not just people who are differently abled: he is also a representation of the black community and people of colour… — Ray Fisher Copy Share Image
Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I love doing heightened reality stuff, and having fun with the characters I play, especially in a kind of darker way, which… — Andrew-Lee Potts Copy Share Image
When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to… — David Walton Copy Share Image
An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret,… — David Corbett Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether characters are real people or not; if they're not vivid on the page, then the reader doesn't care… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The female love interest is boring to me. A female that's interesting, smart, funny - that's what I'm drawn to. I wouldn't… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
To make astute people believe one is what one is not is, in most cases, harder than actually to become what one… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Faith in the hereafter is as necessary for the intellectual as the moral character; and to the man of letters, as well… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
It is a satisfying feeling for an actor when one gets an opportunity to portray different shades through the character because it… — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this,… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I would like to have opportunities in my career to do parts that people would remember - either the whole character or… — Austin Peck Copy Share Image
Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“When you set man against the vastness of the cosmos, the only thing left is humility, a virtue he often discards in… — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza Copy Share Image
The men in this book are fictitious characters but their counterparts can be found in cockpits all over the world. Now they… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters… — Major Taylor Copy Share Image
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no luster as you turn it in your hand, until you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off… — Will Self Copy Share Image
A lot of what I say isn't my real thoughts, it's this character, and maybe that's true for a lot of comedians.… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
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And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least,… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
![“As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/forest-whitaker-3022_african_as-an-artist-it-s-a-great-opportunity-to_73161.jpg)
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![“Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was pressed for time, and he was doing two movies at once, and all this stuff was happening around him, he would still take time to sit there and talk to you about your scene…” quote by Kellan Lutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/kellan-lutz-2950_actor_bill-condon-is-such-a-great-actor-s-dire_849580.jpg)
