You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming – what’s written and not written.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

Trust is always a good idea. For someone else.

To paraphrase Lucretius, there’s nothing more useful than to watch a man or woman in times of contagious deadly disease peril combined with his or her assumptions of financial adversity to discern what kind of...

But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.

You can tell alot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

A man will will never know a woman until he knows her work.

It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.

Sometimes you have to look past a person’s mistakes to see God’s presence.

The important thing isn’t what other people think you are; it’s who you are.

Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It’s the sure-footedness that comes with...

A strong work ethic is a form of accountability, because it involves keeping a promise to one’s employer. It is not the same thing as workaholism.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

Propose a new concept, most people especially acquaintances will outrightly reject it on knowing that it’s from an ordinary person; but when the same becomes the popular subject, none will ever reflect to accept that...

He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shine through like crazy, the brillian mind and humor, the depth of generosity, the intense blue yes, those...

A person’s open mind is distinctly defined by his caring soul that can readily find the real image of the people’s character and its true kind through their words reflecting and echoing the voice of...

Whatever you are physically…male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy–all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those...

The most emotionally connected I’ve ever been to a character is Natsuki in ‘Summer Wars.’

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

My character in ‘Cocktail’ was different from my personality. Homi Adajania took me to London, showed me how girls dress and behave there. I had not seen that kind of lifestyle before.

The inner struggle against one’s own weaknesses is the central drama of life.

Watu wakikuonyesha tabia zao za ndani kabisa usisubiri wakuonyeshe tena ndiyo uwaamini. Waamini kwa mara ya kwanza. Mtu, kwa mfano, akionyesha kwa mara ya kwanza kuwa si mwaminifu mwamini. Anajijua zaidi kuliko unavyomjua. Aidha, mtu...

I am not an angel,” I asserted; “and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

“I am bored” generally means “I am boring”.

Leadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position!

I didn’t really know much about the character at the time,

There’s not one kid in that locker room that doesn’t lack for character. I’m extremely proud of the way they played.

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...

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one’s true character, to be altogether one’s self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

That people can be threatened by a fictional character speaks volumes about them.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

It says a whole lot about his character. To step up there and made two free throws like that is something else.

The fact that God can bring character development and personal growth out of any situation is conditional on people’s willingness to submit to God’s will. God is sovereign over every life, but those who yield...

Character is destiny.

I run through all the positive character qualities in my mind, and assign myself a number from 1-10 on where I think I am on each. Surprisingly I score tens on each one until the...

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

The Character built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving. Be aware!!

I think if I weren’t so beautiful, maybe, I’d have more character.

Once Addie let someone in, she was impossible to forget. There was something about her that crawled inside a person and built a nice comfy home there, her goodness expanding until it filled every limb.

It’s curious that people go wrong so often between inferiority complex and self-confidence. Pitiful isn’t it?

What if God doesn’t keep his promises?

Anyone I’m with has to give me freedom. I like to be with someone who has character and style and someone who is very understanding.

Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

To live with integrity, it is important to know what’s right and what’s wrong, to be educated morally. However, merely KNOWING is not enough. Virtuous character matters more than moral knowledge. The reason is simple:...

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

I used to audition for ‘NYPD Blue’ quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions.

This would have been so far out of character.