Character Quotes

I leave my character behind me.

The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.

The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.

Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face to face.

As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character.

I'm playing a very strong character, it's the story of the woman Polish Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto. I've just begun my weapons training and the SAS type training that's getting me fit.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

Character is a strange blending of flinty strength and pliable warmth.

The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

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.

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character.

You have to understand, in this fight, the physical condition and technical preparation are not as important as character and will. The one who's willing to go until the end will win the match.

Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my religious position and character.

I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?

When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.

Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.

Rules cannot take the place of character.

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

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

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.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into me; I am a character in a fairytale, bursting with life.

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

We know that passion, prejudice, party, and even good-will, tempt many who preserve a fair character with the world to deviate from truth in the laxity of conversation.

I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him.

I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.

It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.

When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my ideas.

I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.

I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.

Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances.

When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a character or an idea.

Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.

If I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.

The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character.