Character Quotes
Character shows up in fiction, politics and physics.
"Character" is used two distinct ways in this collection — as a literary term about how a fictional character carries moral weight, and as a description of personal integrity tied to one's politics and work. For traits and personality more broadly, see Personality quotes.
The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.
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The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.
Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody...
What I truly get excited about is not the genre of a movie or the size of a part - it's character. I like to find characters.
I never say, 'I only want to do things like this,' I am not that sort of actor. I don't have that grand plan - some do, but I don't - I am really a character guy.
I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam. At least it sounds that way to me.
Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is...
At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in for 8-10 episodes and said we'll try it for that.
David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.
It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.
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Unusually, one entry borrows the word from physics, describing the dual wave-and-particle character of matter and radiation. Continue with Characters quotes or Character Development quotes.
