Character Quotes

Adversity defines true character.

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my novels are females.

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

I always believed in my characters. I lived them

I have adapted the whole book [Candid] into tweets of 140 characters, and these are being sent out daily, at the rate of eight tweets per day .

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.

When duty calls, that is when character counts.

My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known as loneliness. I have plenty of company.

If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding.

In our animation we must show only the actions and reactions of a character, but we must picture also with the action. . . the feeling of those characters.

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.

Every word, every character in a picture book must count.

Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed.

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.

You can't be a good leader without good character.

The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.

Sometimes you have to get to the heart of a character through your heart. Your own heart. And it's what makes us similar and what makes us different.

I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.

When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.

There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries.

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.

A lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero.

When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.

One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.

Actually, they [ Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump] are doing pretty well on their own. They don't need my character to step in.

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.

The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.

I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.

No talent, but yet a character. [Ger., Kein talent, doch ein Charakter.]

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.

Situation seems to be the mould in which men's characters are formed.

All the Democrats do is bicker. They're not concerned about the war or the fate of the United States of America. They're desperate characters.

There are three types of actions : purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous. Characters , to be immediate and apprehensible, must be presented by all three.

All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

There's me in every character I put on the pages.

When I read scripts and when I read books, it's more of an emotional response and I was really drawn to these characters.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.