Character Quotes

Becoming rich isn't as much about getting rich financially as about whom you become, in character and mind, to get rich.

I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit.

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

You can draw a penguin on a toilet reading The New York Times and it's adorable, but try doing it with an adult male character, and it's disgusting.

A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.

Our conduct will never change God's character.

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient - good to themselves and the country at large

His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.

I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.

Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.

I surprised myself, that I was in the tissue of the character enough, that I could actually come up with something that I didn't actually feel or didn't believe.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.

I like to keep a broad scope and read lots of different things with lots of different types of characters. Doing that is going to help develop me as an actor; you push yourself.

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.

I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.

Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.

PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.

Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

Character develops in stream of struggle and adversity. Character is foundation of your inner beauty which reflects in your personality.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.

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 canvas everyday.

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

Rules cannot take the place of character.