Character Quotes

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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate… — Mel Brooks
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he… — Mel Brooks
I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role… — Malin Akerman
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. — Phillips Brooks
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. — Heywood Broun
Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're… — Dan Brown
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. — Robert Browning
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. — Jean de la Bruyere
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to… — Jean de la Bruyere
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. — Bear Bryant
Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So,… — Jimmy Buffett
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in… — Mitch Albom
There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who… — Gisele Bundchen
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. — Edmund Burke
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. — Steve Buscemi
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. — Steve Buscemi
I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously. — Steve Buscemi

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