Quotes about character
character ideas giving
Remember, character is not of much value. What is valuable is consciousness - not conscience but consciousness. Conscience is created by the society. The more foolish you are, the more the society is able to create a conscience in you. It gives you an idea how to live your life. It manipulates you in a very subtle way. It hypnotizes you and conditions you. And the conditioning is so long that you forget completely that these are not your ideas. Rajneesh
character heart pouring
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters. Thomas Jefferson
character men purses
A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character
character animal civilization
I fancy it must be the quantity of animal food eaten by the English which renders their character insusceptible to civilization. I suspect it is in their kitchens and not in their churches that the reformation must be worked.
character mean tyrants
A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free.
character law names
... the common law existed while the Anglo-Saxons were yet pagans, at a time when they had never yet heard the name of Christ pronounced or knew that such a character existed.
character way wealth
Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.
character gun games
Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
character men giving
I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.
character america desperate
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate.
character mean compassion
Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government coercion is a form of theft. Its supporters attempt to disguise its essential character by claiming that democratic procedures give it legitimacy, but this justification is specious. Theft is theft, whether it be carried out by one thief or by a hundred million thieves acting in concert. And it is impossible to found a good society on the institutionalization of theft. Robert Higgs
character people scripts
If you steal other people's characters, it doesn't work with the context of the scripts and what is written, so I wanted to make her my own. I was petrified, in the beginning, because it's such an iconic character, especially being a young lady myself. Tamsin Egerton
character thinking drawing
I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known for doing a lot of comedies in England, so I don't think that would have worked. I completely went from scratch, with this one, and used the research and what was in the script, and spoke to Chris. It's all from in my mind ,rather than drawing from previous experiences or roles.
character clothes everyday
I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
character writing views
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's. Tana French
character creating acting
When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you're doing it right you should be able to draw an audience into the character's world and make them feel their fears.
character needs honorable
Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not. Tamora Pierce
character journey musical
I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot. Trey Anastasio
character way males
James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't. Tracy Pollan
character dark emotional
It's not that I'm necessarily looking for things that are so dark and emotional. But if I see something where the character goes through enormous change, it's very appealing to play all those levels, and that is probably going to involve some dark moments.
character persons humans
Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created. Tracy Morgan
character thinking doors
It's not as if the stories merge to a point where you think they are your life, but you do let them in the front door and the back door, and it's okay that sometimes certain characters stay for dinner. Tori Amos
character men black
In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended. Verne Troyer
character play perfect
I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
character victory watches
I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that." Vera Farmiga
character want despise
I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
character actors lawyer
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
character writing levels
There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.
character self research
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
character encounters female
When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.
character play different
I just want to do everything. As broad as that seems, it's kind of the plan. There are so many different genres out there to do, so many different characters to play, so many different amazing actors and directors to work with. I'm just following my gut, and if it's speaking to me, then I'm doing it. Vanessa Hudgens
character men easier
I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.
character important news
Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character. Ugo Betti