Character Quotes

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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila
I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of… — Dan Aykroyd
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any… — Charles Babbage
Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot. — Jensen Ackles
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all… — Roger Babson
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real… — Joe Baca
If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats. — Richard Bach
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy,… — Francis Bacon
I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. — Kevin Bacon
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. — Robert Baden-Powell
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov… — David Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers. — Amy Adams
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I… — Amy Adams
But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not… — Christian Bale
I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters. — Christian Bale
I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am. — Christian Bale
I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant… — Christian Bale
I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will find it surprising.… — Christian Bale
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we… — Christian Bale

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