I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that, too. I could...

Ian was a good man—honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings,...

I take it you know my companion?”Oh,yes!” said Savage, his smile disappearing. “We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don’t let her kill anyone important. Or set fire to anything.”Your reputation precedes you,” Random said...

Cavenaugh rubbed his hands together and smiled his sunny smile.’I like that idea. It’s reassuring. If we can have no secrets, it means we can’t, after all, go so far afield as we might,’ he...

I really do literally put myself into a character’s shoes.

One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated....

What is needed today is that we should lead a life of good quality. The fostering of sterling character and good conduct is the need of the world. Once we have greater numbers of such...

Food compulsion isn’t a character disorder; it’s a chemical disorder.

Men, I still think, ought to be weighed, not counted. Their worth ought to be the final estimate of their value.

The rain began to fall harder, and it distracted him, but he tried to pull himself back because he felt on the verge of understanding something large and important. It seemed to him that this...

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

I’m not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found.

Having a character be gay in a movie just isn’t shocking anymore,

I’d write one character’s story for all eight episodes, then the next character, while one of the other writers may be working on pieces of another character’s story.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That’s what the reputation is. You can’t control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

Love is proved the moment you let go of someone because they need you to.

I study men like I study books: I skim their midsections.

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, I’m sorry to say you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.

a man of great character who deserves genuine consideration and not automatic attacks and partisan indignation.

Sometimes it feels like saying all and then someone’s lifestyle makes it to think if there is anyone to accept it at all.

A thought is truly sought only if it has got, in latent or potent form, the strength of ‘WE’ which sounds as ‘V’ that stands for ‘VICTORY’, and so it reflects the power of a...

The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired and motivated, directly and indirectly, with his living standard and...

Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

Choices determine character.

A while ago, I did a television adaptation of ‘Bleak House,’ and the character I played, as far as I was concerned, had no redeeming features whatsoever. I wasn’t about to try to find any;...

I like to stay within the context of the character’s background. If he’s a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without...

I’ll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It’s the first impression that you have of the character before they open their...

The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know – for comedians are the caricatures among us.

When we help others to perform at the highest level of their potential, we receive something of value; our character is strengthened.

When you think about ‘The Simpsons’ or ‘King of the Hill’ or something like that, the worlds tend to expand each episode, because there’s no additional cost incurred to hire an animated character.

Jangan pernah menyamakan karakter saya dengan tingkah laku saya. Karakter adalah jati diri saya yang sesungguhnya, yang menunjukkan siapa saya. Sementara tingkah laku saya terhadap Anda menunjukkan bagaimana tingkah laku Anda terhadap saya.

You don’t have to drink this,” I said, handing him the champagne. “But Sandy might like it”.”No,no. Come on, let’s have some,” he grinned, popping the cork, taking a swig from the bottle and passing...

Any noble cause will encounter its share of setbacks. The strength of that cause is measured in how the men who fight for it respond. We refuse to give up, which is why we will...

The course at Savannah is more wide-open, but it has a lot of character to it. Last year it played so hard because of the wind on the weekend. And the 18th hole, I still...

He lives who dies to win a lasting name.

Doyle’s an intense character. Doyle’s trying to atone for his own past and he has to help Angel-but he doesn’t want to become too involved. On one hand, here he is preaching to Angel to...

I believe that this suffering, which Miss Hale says is impressed on the countenances of the people of Milton, is but the natural punishment of dishonestly-enjoyed pleasure, at some former period of their lives. I...

I’m not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That’s my character.

I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and OMG mixed in.

Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy...

I’m excited, I think we showed some character tonight and I’m excited to see this team play their first semifinal game.

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit...

When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear.

Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it’s boring. I think that’s what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive...