Character Quotes - page 9

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor. (Debra Wilson)
If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers. View quote
Dee Hock
There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another. View quote
Derek Jacobi
I've been blessed with some lovely scripts and a character that people could truly identify with. It's one of those surprises in life that makes you think, 'God was smiling on me that particular day. View quote
Dwight Schultz
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones. View quote
Darrell Royal
I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be. View quote
Dave Bautista
You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you. View quote
Estelle Parsons
There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes. View quote
Evan Parker
Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept. View quote
Gil Gerard
If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit. View quote
Izabella Scorupco
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. (Jacqueline Bisset)
As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role. View quote
Lynn Redgrave
My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot. View quote
Lasse Hallstrom
Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. View quote
Maria Weston Chapman
When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression. View quote
Matthew Ashford
After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career. View quote
Matthew Ashford
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. View quote
Michael N. Castle
I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that character to look like, and because it's going to lead into the next year, I knew that it was going to have to be established somewhere in the show. View quote
Michael Shanks
It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live. View quote
Mike Judge
That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character. View quote
Pam Grier
In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children. (Parminder Nagra)
Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design. View quote
Sergio Aragones
Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things? View quote
Sharon Gless
While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. View quote
Tom Allen
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices. View quote
Thomas Perry