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I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.
MICHAEL SHEEN![]()
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
ELBERT HUBBARD![]()
In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.
ELIZABETH MOON![]()
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
CYRIL CONNOLLY Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good moo...
UWE BOLL![]()
Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character'...
CHRISTOPHER MELONI![]()
We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to wor...
DAVID OYELOWO![]()
In 'Mother's Day,' which is directed by legendary director Garry Marshall, I play a moth...
LONI LOVE![]()
A man's character is his fate.
HERACLITUS That's what was so amazing about 'Mulan.' Here is this story with all Chinese characters...
MING-NA WEN![]()
But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's i...
NEIL LABUTE I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT![]()
A man's character is his guardian divinity.
HERACLITUS I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato...
ISAIAH WASHINGTON![]()
It's all about story and character with me, and I don't care if the job is on daytime or pri...
JUSTIN HARTLEY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy fo...
DOMINIQUE DAWES![]()
And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends u...
ROWAN ATKINSON![]()
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing ...
BEAU BRIDGES![]()
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that...
ALAN RICKMAN My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who&#...
AIDAN QUINN I think what's fun about the Western genre is the character arcs are very strong and, arguably, ...
JON FAVREAU Is Duran's 'No Mas' a more defining moment in his career than his victory over Sugar Ray...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER![]()
A man's work and the conditions under which it is performed are tremendous factors in determinin...
CHARLES A. BEARD I wrote Steve Carell's last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there's alway...
GREG DANIELS![]()
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of h...
THOMAS PERRY It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film;...
OPHELIA LOVIBOND![]()
I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that&...
DAVID NAUGHTON My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or le...
LIAM HEMSWORTH![]()
I am a big proponent of character arcs that show us how people change over time.
ANNALEE NEWITZ I think what is nice about 'Elf,' and why it doesn't play as one long sketch, is that th...
JON FAVREAU![]()
You need an actor who can maintain a character over a long period of time. If you have a weak actor,...
DAVID L. WOLPER![]()
'One Day' is definitely heartbreaking in a few ways, but one of the main ways is that my cha...
ANNE HATHAWAY There was a scene in 'Qubool Hai' where Asad shoots his father. After shooting for it, I was...
KARAN SINGH GROVER![]()
It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long.
ELIZABETH MOON![]()
A little of the sketch character Pootie Tang went a long way on HBO's now late, probably soon to...
ELVIS MITCHELL Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change ...
VALORIE CURRY Not many people get to play the lead character in a gigantic film and model for Ralph Lauren; it'...
LEVI MILLER![]()
I did an episode on the TV show 'Awake,' and I thought, 'Wow, that's really hard....
AYELET ZURER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON![]()
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him ...
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's ...
CHRIS TUCKER![]()
You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powe...
PAUL DANO A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
EVAN ESAR![]()
There are so many great characters because one of the things that makes Batman fantastic is that Bat...
GREG RUCKA Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what'...
PATRICK DEMARCHELIER For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we comme...
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI![]()
I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.
JOHN HURT I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me ...
IAN ANTHONY DALE![]()
One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have ...
MADONNA CICCONE![]()
My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his...
ESAI MORALES Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believin...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT When a story is flying along, and I'm so into it that my 'real' world goes away, it can ...
NANCY KRESS A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that ...
ANUJ SOMANY I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES![]()
While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too man...
GABOUREY SIDIBE The story entitled 'Good-Bye' is probably Tatsumi's most well-known work, and I think it...
ADRIAN TOMINE![]()
In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'T...
SISSY SPACEK There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way...
IDRIS ELBA I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very m...
JONATHAN LEVINE About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS![]()
You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN![]()
I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.'...
GRANT MORRISON![]()
I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that ...
ROWAN ATKINSON![]()
You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another ch...
PARIS JACKSON My wife thinks I'm a narcissist, but I just think it's hilarious going on YouTube and seeing...
CHARLES KELLEY![]()
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.
JOHN CIARDI![]()
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
ELBERT HUBBARD![]()
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE![]()
Let's put it this way, when I was casting, I cast Viggo first and then found someone who could p...
DAVID CRONENBERG White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly ...
BILL DRAYTON![]()
Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' ...
TIMOTHY OLYPHANT Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
TABITHA KING To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it&...
HANNAH TOINTON![]()
It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and ...
ADAM BEACH![]()
A man's home is his wife's castle.
ALEXANDER CHASE![]()
My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many...
KOJO ANNAN![]()
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to...
TANA FRENCH I've worked with Lars von Trier on many films, and there's always a female character that...
STELLAN SKARSGARD![]()
In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take som...
EDMUND WHITE For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect wi...
LAURA HARRIER The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end th...
PATRICK DUFFY![]()
'Love Don't Let Me Down,' which is the original title of 'Country Strong,' was j...
GARRETT HEDLUND I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories...
CAMERON CROWE![]()
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
CARL HIAASEN![]()
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script....
ALFRED HITCHCOCK Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character...
CAROLL SPINNEY My sister was the inspiration for the character, the good qualities instilled in the character. The ...
GEOFF JOHNS![]()
It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord ...
IAN MCKELLEN![]()
My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,&...
ROB LOWE![]()
I'm a pleaser. That's my character.
ELIZABETH GILBERT There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian chara...
KIMIKO GLENN![]()
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleav...
GEORGE SAUNDERS I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People lov...
DAVID RUDISHA![]()
'Friends With Benefits': it feels like a two-hander to me, but it is a big movie, and this i...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The best compliment we ever got about the show was from a Korean veteran who was unable to talk abou...
GARY BURGHOFF
MICHAEL SHEEN
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ELBERT HUBBARD
In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over. ELIZABETH MOON
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. CYRIL CONNOLLY Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good moo...
UWE BOLL
Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character'... CHRISTOPHER MELONI
We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to wor... DAVID OYELOWO
In 'Mother's Day,' which is directed by legendary director Garry Marshall, I play a moth... LONI LOVE
A man's character is his fate. HERACLITUS That's what was so amazing about 'Mulan.' Here is this story with all Chinese characters...
MING-NA WEN
But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's i... NEIL LABUTE I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT
A man's character is his guardian divinity. HERACLITUS I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato...
ISAIAH WASHINGTON
It's all about story and character with me, and I don't care if the job is on daytime or pri... JUSTIN HARTLEY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy fo...
DOMINIQUE DAWES
And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends u... ROWAN ATKINSON
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing ... BEAU BRIDGES
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that... ALAN RICKMAN My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who&#...
AIDAN QUINN I think what's fun about the Western genre is the character arcs are very strong and, arguably, ...
JON FAVREAU Is Duran's 'No Mas' a more defining moment in his career than his victory over Sugar Ray...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER
A man's work and the conditions under which it is performed are tremendous factors in determinin... CHARLES A. BEARD I wrote Steve Carell's last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there's alway...
GREG DANIELS
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of h... THOMAS PERRY It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film;...
OPHELIA LOVIBOND
I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that&... DAVID NAUGHTON My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or le...
LIAM HEMSWORTH
I am a big proponent of character arcs that show us how people change over time. ANNALEE NEWITZ I think what is nice about 'Elf,' and why it doesn't play as one long sketch, is that th...
JON FAVREAU
You need an actor who can maintain a character over a long period of time. If you have a weak actor,... DAVID L. WOLPER
'One Day' is definitely heartbreaking in a few ways, but one of the main ways is that my cha... ANNE HATHAWAY There was a scene in 'Qubool Hai' where Asad shoots his father. After shooting for it, I was...
KARAN SINGH GROVER
It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long. ELIZABETH MOON
A little of the sketch character Pootie Tang went a long way on HBO's now late, probably soon to... ELVIS MITCHELL Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change ...
VALORIE CURRY Not many people get to play the lead character in a gigantic film and model for Ralph Lauren; it'...
LEVI MILLER
I did an episode on the TV show 'Awake,' and I thought, 'Wow, that's really hard.... AYELET ZURER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him ... CHARLES HORTON COOLEY Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's ...
CHRIS TUCKER
You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powe... PAUL DANO A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
EVAN ESAR
There are so many great characters because one of the things that makes Batman fantastic is that Bat... GREG RUCKA Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what'...
PATRICK DEMARCHELIER For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we comme...
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI
I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character. JOHN HURT I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me ...
IAN ANTHONY DALE
One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have ... MADONNA CICCONE
My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his... ESAI MORALES Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believin...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT When a story is flying along, and I'm so into it that my 'real' world goes away, it can ...
NANCY KRESS A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that ...
ANUJ SOMANY I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES
While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too man... GABOUREY SIDIBE The story entitled 'Good-Bye' is probably Tatsumi's most well-known work, and I think it...
ADRIAN TOMINE
In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'T... SISSY SPACEK There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way...
IDRIS ELBA I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very m...
JONATHAN LEVINE About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS
You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN
I love 'Batman.' I love the Adam West 'Batman.' I love the animated 'Batman.'... GRANT MORRISON
I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that ... ROWAN ATKINSON
You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another ch... PARIS JACKSON My wife thinks I'm a narcissist, but I just think it's hilarious going on YouTube and seeing...
CHARLES KELLEY
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. JOHN CIARDI
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ELBERT HUBBARD
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Let's put it this way, when I was casting, I cast Viggo first and then found someone who could p... DAVID CRONENBERG White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly ...
BILL DRAYTON
Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' ... TIMOTHY OLYPHANT Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
TABITHA KING To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it&...
HANNAH TOINTON
It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and ... ADAM BEACH
A man's home is his wife's castle. ALEXANDER CHASE
My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many... KOJO ANNAN
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to... TANA FRENCH I've worked with Lars von Trier on many films, and there's always a female character that...
STELLAN SKARSGARD
In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take som... EDMUND WHITE For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect wi...
LAURA HARRIER The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end th...
PATRICK DUFFY
'Love Don't Let Me Down,' which is the original title of 'Country Strong,' was j... GARRETT HEDLUND I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories...
CAMERON CROWE
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. CARL HIAASEN
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.... ALFRED HITCHCOCK Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character...
CAROLL SPINNEY My sister was the inspiration for the character, the good qualities instilled in the character. The ...
GEOFF JOHNS
It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord ... IAN MCKELLEN
My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,&... ROB LOWE
I'm a pleaser. That's my character. ELIZABETH GILBERT There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian chara...
KIMIKO GLENN
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleav... GEORGE SAUNDERS I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People lov...
DAVID RUDISHA
'Friends With Benefits': it feels like a two-hander to me, but it is a big movie, and this i... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The best compliment we ever got about the show was from a Korean veteran who was unable to talk abou...
GARY BURGHOFF
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. 
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all... 
What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a ... 
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. 
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. 
If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. 
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases... 
Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 19... 
Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 If man is man a... 
An expert is an ordinary fella away from home. 
It is now a generally accepted and scientifically well supported view that subliminal perception doe... 
If you see the bandwagon you've missed it. 
The only discipline that last is self discipline. 
Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls. 