Character Quote by Jed Mercurio

The hero is strangely akin to those who die young.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

— Raymond E. Feist

I haven't purposefully set out to play heroes. I'm interested in playing the character who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. But he's really either…

— Harrison Ford

There are no heroes in a world where heroes can’t die.

— Travis Beacham

The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.

— Mason Cooley

If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a hero, he…

— Terry Pratchett

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

— Alexander Lowen

When have you heard a story about the hero dying for the villain?

— Andy Mineo

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why…

— Mickey Spillane

When I was a kid growing up, I liked the sympathetic characters played by Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon, and James Stewart. They were my…

— Judge Reinhold

A lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero.

— Kieran Bew

When I wrote 'We Can Be Heroes,' I was just so excited about the concept of playing loads of characters, and a television series…

— Chris Lilley