Character Quotes

• If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again.

  

  Ray Romano
  • Comedy
  • Again
  • Considering

• When you're playing a character, I think it's always better not to judge that character.

  

  Heather Graham
  • Character
  • Judge

• We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.

  

  Raymond Queneau
  • Events
  • Historical
  • Aspect

• The great hope of society is in individual character

  

  William Ellery Channing
  • Character
  • Individual

• I'd like to go back and revisit the Flash/Captain Cold relationship, because that to me has been the heart of it all along. My impression is that The Flash is a show about a boy's journey into manhood. For the Flash character, there is a variety of male models presented to him, and Captain Cold is one of them.

  

  Wentworth Miller
  • Heart
  • Character
  • Journey

• Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

  

  Tommy Lee Jones
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Integrity

• Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality.

  

  Mia Maestro
  • School
  • Personality
  • Autonomy

• I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really awesome. That is more the work that I'm leaning towards doing.

  

  Brett Gelman
  • Work
  • Character
  • Human place

• Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

  

  Michael Jai White
  • Different
  • Style
  • Fighting

• Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Character
  • Thoughts
  • Habits

• Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring - usually earth women, because that's basically how I see myself.

  

  Erin Gray
  • Strong
  • Intelligent
  • Caring

• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  

  Helen Keller
  • Experience
  • Success
  • Suffering

• Conservatives believe government's principal functions are the preservation of freedom and removal of restraints on the individual. Liberalism's ascent in the first two-thirds of this century reflected the new belief that government should also confer capacities on individuals. Liberalism's decline in the final third of this century has reflected doubts about whether government can be good at that, or whether government that is good at that is good for the nation's character.

  

  George Will
  • Believe
  • Doubt
  • Belief

• Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character.

  

  Ranulph Fiennes
  • Character
  • Teach
  • Picks

• The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

  

  Bernard Crick
  • Character
  • Publicity
  • Political Activity

• The source of bad character is love of this world.

  

  Nuh Ha Mim Keller
  • World
  • Character
  • Source

• We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society.

  

  Ernestine Rose
  • Law
  • Idea
  • Public Opinion

• We all go through stages. Concerns about appearances, making good impressions, being popular, comparing yourself to others, having unbridled ambition, wanting to make money, striving to be recognized and noticed and trying to establish yourself, all fade as your responsibilities and character grow.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Trying
  • Responsibility
  • Ambition

• In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.

  

  Todd Solondz
  • Fun
  • Understanding
  • Trouble

• It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.

  

  Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Interest
  • Imagine
  • Circumstances

• Truthfulness is the main element of character.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • inspirational
  • Elements
  • Truthfulness

• I think with actors, we tend to get rid of characters - and not get rid of them as in discard them or throw them away, but it's just that you take that jacket off because you're going to be putting a different jacket on.

  

  Milo Ventimiglia
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Character

• Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.

  

  Steve Martin
  • People
  • Acting
  • Helping

• I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

  

  Vincente Minnelli
  • Color
  • Stories
  • Fine

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