Character Quotes

The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about.

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.

They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history.

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

I like cluttered, old, dark-wood antiques. I like character.

My grandmother was probably the first person who I thought was beautiful. She was incredibly stylish, she had big hair, big cars. I was probably 3 years old, but she was like a cartoon character. She'd swoop into our lives with presents and boxes, and she always smelled great and looked great.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Character is simply habit long continued.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

So you eat, you sleep, and then this wonderful child comes out, but you don't feel like you have any control over that process, over her, over her character and who she is.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.

I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape.

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.

I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.

You know a lot of what worked on this was taken from Harry Potter 2, the little Doby character, we had a lot of our skin stuff worked out and that helped a lot. We have a lot of exchange happening.

People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.

I enjoy catching our show whenever I can. It does get very weird to watch myself, it's always been that way, but at the same time, it's part of my job to see what kind of job I'm doing and to get a perspective on where I'm taking the character.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that.

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.