Character Quotes

I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals.

I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.

I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.

On or about December 1910, human character changed.

Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed.

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.

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

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

On Flash, I thought of myself as a spice character; come in, do a little dance, and I go.

The great hope of society is in individual character

Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety.

Character doesn't matter.

Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.

You don't write for actors. Actors come for characters you've made up.

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

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.

When duty calls, that is when character counts.

In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty.

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.

I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder.

I think it's always important to put your own spin and bring your essence to whatever character you play.

I talk about Breaking Bad being the most brilliant show ever, and even minor characters have subtle nuances and are fully drawn.

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards.

People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.

He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.

Character is plot, plot is character.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good persons, their moral character intact.

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

Trust is always a good idea. For someone else.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

To be too knowing is a downfall.

It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front.

The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

That's it. Love makes us all strong.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.