By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself. — Matthew Nable Copy Share Image
I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
I was so sensitive and touchy in a way that my character would never be. I was so protective and defensive of… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
There is no barrier to Indiana Jones growing older. It's not an age-based character. We can't bang him up as much as… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention. I don't say this without reckoning in the sorrow, the… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Seek guidance for outer action, but be even more concerned with the desires of the heart, that they be consistent with the… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The novel is a big space, and a lot can happen. Just think about the parts of your life. How do we… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“I gave you my scenario by which I play, but you can't play my character forever, can ya? ... I am reader..… — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“During this time I came to understand a lot about myself, human beings, faith and the meaning of marriage and friendship. The… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
I heard the opening bar of 'Help' as I headed down Polk Street. Every single time I've heard that tune I've taken… — Oscar Zeta Acosta Copy Share Image
I never contemplated. I just went in there and did my acting. I never thought, "What's the character actually feeling here? What's… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
There is always that potential in the same way - Roddy McDowall ended up playing Cornelius to Caesar [in the Planet of… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a… — Leslie Easterbrook Copy Share Image
The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It is useful that while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiments… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and… — Michael Muhney Copy Share Image
Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I want to play a character that is cold. I think there are sides of me that are like that. I'm a… — Song Joong-ki Copy Share Image
I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things… — John Major Copy Share Image
What I like doing is being a different person. Every character is kind of different. So being able to be that person… — Abigail Breslin Copy Share Image
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes, and clothes. It's preferable when it's not… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
In our parts such characters sometimes turn up that, however many years ago you met them, you can never recall them without… — Nikolai Leskov Copy Share Image
I realized this is a character that I'm playing. This is 'The Crown's' version of Diana. I can bring a lot of… — Emma Corrin Copy Share Image
There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be… — Sundra Oakley Copy Share Image
There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to explore characters of all races, all genders, all ages. It just seems to me to be a natural… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Whose judgment dissociated from desire follows both virtue and gain only, Who ignores pleasure, chooses ends serviceable in both worlds - wise… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence… — John Tukey Copy Share Image