Character Quotes

I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.

Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions.

If you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain way. If you make a movie it's really an act of translation.

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.

In terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago.

Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to.

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either.

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded.

What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of the many unsung Women Sheroes of past and present.

Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.

The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

The only difference between a winner and a loser is character.

European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

My character is not flawless.

There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

If I'm doing my job right, then I'm not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I'm just jotting it down.

With every character, I just bring something that I can make my own.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

A king is a man strong of character and conviction who leads by example and truly cares for the suffering of his people,not a brute who rules simply because he is the strongest.

Being called a person, as such, indicates that one should only have one character and be true to it.

I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

But rules cannot substitute for character.

Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God.

Have character, but don't be a character.

We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality.

Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to them.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Character is the most precious gift of education.

He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.

If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.