Character Quotes

I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know?

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

If you speak in a different accent, you begin to move in a slightly different way. You think in a slightly different way. It's part of trying to find what makes a character.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.

More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.

What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Every single character in the world, every creature in the world has something to give and something to learn.

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up, and getting paid for it.

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.

The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what the character is thinking.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

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 trying to prepare for the character.

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

Great character is forged through hardships.

Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part of his earnings; to spend wisely and well; to save, but not hoard.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

The world is a stage we walk upon. We are all in a way fictional characters who write ourselves with our beliefs.

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.

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.

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story.

Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.

Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.

Character is forged not on the mountaintop but in the valley.

Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society.

The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.

Anything you put in a play -- any speech -- has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.