Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

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
I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. — Steve Buscemi
I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. — Steve Buscemi
I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City,… — Steve Buscemi
I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and… — Alan Alda
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want… — Alan Alda
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. — George W. Bush
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. — George W. Bush
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new… — Sophia Bush
In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters… — Sophia Bush
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. — Samuel Butler

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