Character Quotes

Success is the best builder of character.

Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.

The musical stuff I'd go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

When I receive a new role, I completely become my character.

I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives.

Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play.

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

You can live vicariously through the characters you play.

I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.

I can't stand [female] characters that are not empowered in a certain way, or at least don't come to a conclusion at the end of the movie where they find empowerment in themselves.

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.

Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'

I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.

Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.

My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things that are three-dimensional and feel honest.

So far as I have myself observed, the distinctive character of a child is to live always in the tangible present.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

I love the Irish for their attachment to the faith and for many amiable and noble qualities, but they are deficient in good sense, sound judgement, and manly character.

But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

While I'm trying to be a villain, Tyler Posey's just making me break character all the time. It's hilarious.

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

I don't like sympathetic characters.

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

If you're writing about a character, if he's a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don't think he'll be as interesting to the reader.

I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.

....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.