Character Quotes

Save the Date' feels like a quiet story about two sisters and the men in their lives, kind of reminiscent of the quieter rom-coms of the 1990s; it's very character-driven and not as wedding-focused.

If you cant laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

The more especially, as in my juvenile frankness, I took some credit to myself for being so confidential and felt that I was quite the patron of my two respectful entertainers.

For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.

"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."

Don't try so much to form your character - it's like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.

Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.

When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital and sneering at those who don't have it.

When character is lost, rules and punishments cannot take its place.

Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?

I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each other and the situation they're in.

I wish to note that the level of discourse in Nigeria is abysmally low, and, usually, garnished with character assassination. We allow our personal frustrations to becloud reason

William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time

Have character; don't be a character.

The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot. So we said, 'Let's give him a promotion.'

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.

I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made.

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.

In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.

Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.

Good means ultimately he's producing character in me to conform me into the image of Christ.

Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would never want them to get blended together.

I read a lot of articles about young women in the resistance. All of a sudden, I felt that if I go too much into this horror, then I won't be able to start as a fresh character.

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually try coke if I had to play a character who took coke.

Zachary Roerig who plays Matt, he's just a character.

Especially when you are advertising a product, I talk to the photographer and we create a character - it always gives you more freedom because it makes it less about yourself.

I think the first trick to writing a feminist work is to write plenty of women. That way you get to write characters, instead of worrying about paradigms.

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character.

All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals.

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

We do not see everything in the environment in the complete, totally resolved, explicit character of the photograph. We, in fact, prioritize our seeing.

I want to play challenging characters. You should never be satisfied.

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

My mother was pretty nuts, but she was also a character.

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children.

The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.

The writer can only explore the inner space of his characters by perceptively navigating his own.

Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

I am the character you are not supposed to like.