“Sometimes complex and difficult moral choices are decided less by reason and by right than by sentiment. Perhaps such decisions are paving… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I mean, he's one of the greatest characters I've gotten to play over my career, so there's a little bit of me… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
When you're doing a play that's fully produced, you have the benefit of rehearsing for four or five weeks, so you really… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
The vital energies regulate themselves naturally without compulsive duty or compulsive morality both of which are sure signs of existing antisocial impulses. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a single character in 'The Graduate' that is not a phony, to one degree or another, except… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
“It is,” she wrote, “an unfortunate trait in the human character to assail or asperse others engaged in the performance of humanitarian… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior… — Steve Antin Copy Share Image
He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was playing a character, so the film was not on my shoulders. I did 11 films out of… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My sister's name is Jacqueline. And my parents originally wanted to name me Catherine, but they thought it would get a little… — Rachel Zegler Copy Share Image
I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think-try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly,… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Strangers when you meet, strangers when you part -a gymnasium of bodies namelessly masturbating each other. People with no morals often considered… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes,… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The characters get challenged. Through getting challenged, the character arrives at insights or discovers potentials that he or she didn't know they… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say portraying a character in a film like 'Wanted' was easy. But it was fairly easier than playing a role… — Ayesha Takia Copy Share Image
Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story,… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
There is so much of stress in our day to day life and Hansa is stress buster. So yes! I miss playing… — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
“The lessons of the Bible have a moral and religious influence on the character, as they are brought into the practical life.… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“What we term virtue is often but a mass of various actions and diverse interests, which fortune, or our own industry, manage… — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment. In fact,… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers… — Frances O'Connor Copy Share Image
What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
“You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation’s citizens, by the quality and nature of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
There's a real moral imperative in being an organization that takes the time to sit and listen to the customers and the… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I… — Bill Paxton Copy Share Image
To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,'… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm ambivalent because I'm focused on the other person and what they're giving me, what I need to be… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really… — Kyra Sedgwick Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, you cannot find honest people everywhere and thusly, really have to watch what you reveal to certain people before you have… — Koena Mitra Copy Share Image
Humor is not an unconditional virtue; its moral character depends on its object. To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
