Just the fact that there's motion and sound, took me a long time on Walking Dead to get used to the fact… — Chris Black Copy Share Image
. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The most interesting heroes have a bit of villainy to them, and the most interesting villains have a certain bit of heroism… — James Spader Copy Share Image
Because your character is always full of ambition, the news of my being locked up must have been much harder on you… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But… — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“Things are not yet perfect, of course,’ sighed the Collector. ‘All the same, I should go so far as to say that… — J G Farrell Copy Share Image
Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
There are lots of ways to be a feminist. Beyonce, for example, is a beautiful example of feminine sensuality and is still… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
My idea of no makeup on actors is really no makeup. I mean, they can be wearing makeup. I don't care what… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
“Goodness in other people naturally arouses our affection and friendship, not because it’s of some material advantage to us, but because it’s… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
As long as I'm dealing in honesty, I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
One of the things that I learned in television, and one of the beauties of television, is that, if you have a… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
“Extreme civilization robs crime of its frightful poetry, and prevents the writer from restoring it. That would be too dreadful, say those… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“When we read about the events that occurred in the lives of those individuals that God raised up as leaders, we see… — Paddick Van Zyl Copy Share Image
A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is… — William Henry Chamberlin Copy Share Image
Alan Rickman was such a terrific actor, and that was such a terrific character that he played. And it was a joy… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to real-life characters. A lot of the characters I play, I've had in me since second grade. I've been dragging… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
“What an experiment will give, to put a writer in the dark, ask her to stretch a character of the human kind… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
I was shocked by the reaction I got for Bleak House. It was very intensive but one of the best jobs of… — Anna Maxwell Martin Copy Share Image
“Don't confuse the clothes for the character, don't confuse the car for the destination, don't confuse the resume for the education. Don't… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Dagny, there’s nothing of any importance in life—except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You write a character, but in essence, it's just a concept of what it could be, and then actors come in and… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Comics are expensive. Don’t make me resent the money I spend buying yours. Every single moment in your script must either move… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
But if they are well-founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by the voice… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
When I did my first film, I had a fair idea of what I liked and what I didn't while watching an… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
The works of nature and the works of revelation display religion to mankind in characters so large and visible that those who… — John Locke Copy Share Image
A slave's life is mostly composed of patience and study. Yes, study. If not with actual books, then following the example of… — Laura Antoniou Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
Baltimore was never intended to be anything other than this original novel that Chris Golden and I did together. There was never… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
Morality is essentially a suite of psychological mechanisms that enable us to cooperate. But, biologically at least, we only evolved to cooperate… — Joshua Greene Copy Share Image
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore… — Les Standiford Copy Share Image
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
To injure another creates bondage and hides the truth. Negative virtues are not enough; we have to conquer Maya, and then she… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is not wrong to strive to be better than a fellow human being. Nor is it wrong to desire to be… — Christopher Jones Copy Share Image
A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There's nothing like being in fashion. A man that has once got his character up for a wit is always sure of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
