To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

God values Christian character, which shines in positive, outward conduct. Fashion your heart after Jesus.

Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi… it’s all fine if the story’s compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot.

Mirrors are useless for reflecting who you are.

In countries other than Pakistan – I won’t necessarily call them ‘Western’ – people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don’t do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi,...

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

I love doing theater so much – being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I would never make up a character who didn’t exist or an event that didn’t transpire. If you’re a real writer, you have other tools in your toolbox to build drama.

Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover… refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone’s disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and...

One Crack On A Mirror Can Ruin The Beauty of It But Most Importantly, It Ruins The Reflection of The Individual, By Making It Twisted, Zigzag And Ugly. Character Is Like A Mirror. So Build...

It was the simple fact that there was probably not a cooler character on earth that I could play…

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It’s always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

There’s a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan.

Maximus was my model for self-control, fixity of purpose, and cheerfulness under ill-health or other misfortunes. His character was an admirable combination of dignity and charm, and all the duties of his station were performed...

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

If you feel that there’s the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the author with the narrator, and you can’t, obviously, be all of...

I don’t care what people say about how I look or even their opinion on my relationship. But the moment you judge my character is when we have a problem.

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.

Be a Person. Not a Resumé.

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.