I gained a lot of confidence after ‘IP Man’ as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is supposed to do before a film. Do a lot of...

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

I know a lot of players on that team, so I know their character. They are going to talk trash and play dirty. That’s just the way they are.

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

To possess a rich life of wholeness that brings happiness into the soul; is to show loving and caring characteristic traits toward others.

When you do something unusual, the audience doesn’t 100 percent know what you’re up to in the beginning. And if you’re doing a character comedy, they haven’t learned the characters yet.

Never be anxious about maintaining the position you occupy. Be anxious about maintaining your good character and you will never lose your leadership influence!

You can’t do a good deal with a bad guy. The dishonesty tax is too high and is not something you will factor into your side of the equation.

Isabelle and Amory were distinctly not innocent, nor were they particularly brazen. Moreover, amateur standing had very little value in the game they were playing, a game that would presumably be her principal study for...

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.

There are movies where actors aren’t characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reveal ourselves when we act, very often without noticing. But...

Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character.

Survivor” is not a label you choose for yourself.

The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

É preciso que todos os que lidam comigo se convençam de que sou assim, e que exigir-me os sentimentos, aliás muito dignos, de um homem vulgar e banal, é como exigir-me que tenha olhos azuis...

Son of Krypton!

I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there’s a versatility involved that’s challenging and...

The only reason I’m ever in character as ‘Larry The Cable Guy’ is because that’s what I’m hired to do. In my movies, obviously they hired ‘Larry The Cable Guy’ to be ‘Larry The Cable...

We don’t give up. We keep working and that’s the character of the kids.

The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim.

We are in a tough spot. We’ll have a character check and hopefully bounce back.

As a character we’ve got a head start because of Inspector Morse’s popularity. In other ways we’re slightly hamstrung by the character’s original function. Lewis was always created as a foil, as a sounding board,...

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author, you have to learn your craft, know each and every element to become...

If you follow the pescribed way of how people want you to be, then it will be of great relieve if you commit suicide than to be dragged along like a donkey.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of...

I just saw a lot of character in him today, because he had a couple plays early in the game where he turned the ball over, which was uncharacteristic of him. But he didn’t lose...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

It isn’t that I dislike artists, but I can’t stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare...

You can’t guide someone into adulthood. The experiences are unique to each person. Deanna Troi

Falsehood of a good man is better than truth of a bad one.

The mood of the people is they want honesty, they want integrity, they want people of character and substance, … There are many, many people in the country who are anxious to invest in Democrats...

It’s not just about a girl (referring to Jo’s character) who wants to be a writer. It’s about falling in love and getting your heart broken and breaking other people’s heart. It touches just about...

Yoga says instinct is a trace of an old experience that has been repeated many times and the impressions have sunk down to the bottom of the mental lake. Although they go down, they aren’t...

Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness.

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.

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I’ve always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.

To me, it’s the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don’t like it when we do monologues, looking into the character.

There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like...

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.