One woman reads another's character
Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
Ben JonsonDon't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
Leonardo DicaprioHistory is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.
Donald CreightonIn all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry ClayMen of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
Max BeerbohmOur psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environment.
Keith HensonWhatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation. And good Lord, there is nothing less charming than affectations!
Rex HarrisonNoble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
TacitusMoney is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character.
Gary Ryan BlairAlfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
Pierre CuriePoverty is the schoolmaster of character.
AntiphanesThe best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late. (Character of the late Dr S. Annesley)
Daniel DefoeGood character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
HeraclitusWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.
Clarence DarrowI don't drink or smoke and I don't like smoky places. I once drank half a pint and I was drunk. When I'm drunk I tell stupid jokes about sex and it's really not me this other character comes out and I don't like him. I tried it for a while to get in with the lads but couldn't hack it.
Benjamin ZephaniahA man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal characteristics.'
Helen RowlandThis has been a very hard decision for me to make, because I'm so happy here on EastEnders, but it's been a long time without a proper break, and I just feel some time off would be good for me, and probably the character too. [on taking a break from Eastenders]
Barbara WindsorI put myself into character for my songs.
Michelle BranchThoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Tryon EdwardsCharacter is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Friedrich NietzscheIn the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
Frederic FarrarNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham LincolnCharacter builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
Faith BaldwinI was advised not to do Scream because no one likes horror movies. Then I heard, 'Don't audition because you can't do this bitchy role,' and 'You're way too friendly, no pun intended.' I was also told, 'Play the girlfriend or the doctor or the lawyer - the nice ones.' Now I'm getting scripts where I'm asked to play characters that are tough as nails, and I love it.
Courtney CoxI feel I only have three quarters of the character [on turning up for a role]
Margi ClarkeYour morals and general character are strictly inquired into; it is therefore expected that you will improve every leisure moment in the acquirement of knowledge of your profession and you will recollect that a good moral character is essential to your high standing in the Navy.
Franklin BuchananThe American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air.
Mary McCarthyIf I showed you scripts from my first few movies, the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.
Winona RyderThe chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east
James MichenerTo me it's entirely logical, particularly when you are doing a film noir, you may as well go right through with that theme, and the central character could in fact be what he is chasing... (on Deckard, in Blade Runner)
Ridley ScottI loved making Rising Sun. I got into the psychology of why [the character] liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-esteem.
Tatjana PatitzMy own political future depends on my own strength of character dealing with the points that are raised.
Charles ClarkeOur character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H Jackson Brown JrThe fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
Lyndon JohnsonYou can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Ronald ReaganThere are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.
Thomas ChalmersHard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Sam EwigCharacter isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Jim RohnActually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.
Steve BurtonReputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Thomas PaineI couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
Leonardo DicaprioEducation commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea BallouWe're going to kill some characters off in the new series [of Little Britain]
Matt LucasI remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.
Orlando BloomIf you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humour.
Jennifer JonesPower is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength
Edward Bulwer-LyttonGod is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing.
Joyce CaryA scientist is an unlikely character to put at the centre of a movie.
Bill CondonIn words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PlutarchTalent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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