Character Quotes
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Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful.
Edward Abbey
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To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.
Saul Bellow
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The years nineteen and twenty are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow yourself to become warped when you're that age, it will cause you pain when you're older.
Haruki Murakami
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Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.
Blase J. Cupich
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When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.
Jill Clayburgh
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Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
Christine Baranski
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The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family.
Mark Goddard
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If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.
Kat Graham
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I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.
Kelly Sue DeConnick
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The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.
Drew Barrymore
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There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.
Dominic Cooper
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The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by symbols, allegories, and lectures based upon fundamental truths, the observance of which tends to promote stability of character, conservatism, morality and good citizenship.
William Howard Taft
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There are not very many opportunities for little people in the industry. There are small parts and character parts, but we don't get the girl-at-the-end-of-the-film kind of parts... but I was quite happy with what I was doing.
Kenny Baker
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I couldn't bloody believe a prime-time TV show would have an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard torturer as a main character.
Naveen Andrews
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I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.
Lee Norris
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I actually really like Christopher Walken. I find him a really interesting actor. He's such a character that I love everything he's in.
David Lambert
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I don't even know who my character is in 'Grey's.'
Martin Henderson
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The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.
Dominique McElligott
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When preparing a role, I work first on the body language and physical aspects of the performance; the psychological dimension comes naturally once I'm in character.
Pierre Niney
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I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.
Matt Bomer
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In Iceland, the weather is the biggest character you deal with every day. There's nothing more relevant in your life than what kind of weather it is.
Baltasar Kormakur
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A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.
Alice Ripley
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Human settlements are like living organisms. They must grow, and they will change. But we can decide on the nature of that growth - on the quality and the character of it - and where it ought to go. We don't have to scatter the building blocks of our civic life all over the countryside, destroying our towns and ruining farmland.
James Howard Kunstler