Character Quotes
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If someone is judging you without knowing the content of your character, don't listen to them.
Jazz Jennings
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The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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God gave every man individuality of constitution, and a chance for achieving individuality of character. He puts special instruments into every man's hands by which to make himself and achieve his mission.
J. G. Holland
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There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal.
Jane Austen
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Well, honestly, the films I personally like to go see are smaller, more character-driven pieces, so that's why the movies I've made have been smaller, more character-driven movies.
Edward Burns
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I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that and the words that are on the page, depending on how it's written, can really help your character develop.
Scott Michael Foster
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Captain America is an interesting character because it makes you ask those questions in yourself as a writer. What do we want as a nation, what do we mean as a nation, what is our role in the world as a nation? What are our strengths and weaknesses as a country?
Mark Waid
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The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them.
Michael Ian Black
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Originally, I thought, 'Gollum's such a fantastic character, why are you doing him CG? Surely you need to be able to humanise him as much as possible - he's so full of pathos and real emotion.'
Andy Serkis
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Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.
Paul Auster
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Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.
William Emerson Arnett
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When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?'
John Sandford
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I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.
Ashley Greene
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A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.
Confucius
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If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even do it well.
Ariel Durant
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When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains. You have to think of them as people first.
Morgan Neville
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Honestly, Think Like a Man was the first romantic comedy that I liked. I'd kind of avoided them for awhile because I never felt that any of them were really smart enough. But when I read this script, I genuinely fell in love with the characters, especially my own. So, I just wanted to be a part of it.
Michael Ealy
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It was really the dream role, and when they first cast me, and I started playing Dolores in the Westworlds and all I knew was the analysis mode and her prairie-girl character, I thought, "Yeah, of course I can do this, and I'm good at it, but why did they pick me?" Not because I'm not capable, but I'm also kind of a tomboy, edgy, so I was curious.
Evan Rachel Wood
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I was always in love with film and becoming a character and playing something else, and nobody ever told me no, so I just followed it, and here I am, having a ton of fun.
Nichole Hiltz
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I would love to do a period piece. That would be really cool. And also like to do something transformative and have to transform yourself physically to become that character. Any interesting, fun roles, I'm attracted to.
Tracy Spiridakos
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A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.
Donald Miller