There is no substitute for character. You can buy brains but you cannot buy character.

Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership.

I'm not interested in a character's goodness. I'm interested in what makes them human.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

I've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian.

You must lose yourself if you want to be successful in animation and be the character.

By self-analysis you can not change your character, but you may change your mentality.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] Her sweetness of character is even beyond her genius.

I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.

Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot.

Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.

There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

I supply a presence. There are never any long dialogue scenes to establish a character.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.

Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind.

In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

I wanted to have the strongest band. I was always looking for the strongest characters.

When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.

I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

When I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.

I love female-driven drama, and those kinds of characters. I really love complex women.

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

It's exciting to get to write characters that love each other and fight for each other.

An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it.

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

I think having funny characters is just one way of having three-dimensional characters.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

That is the dream of all novelists-that one of their characters will become 'somebody.'

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.

I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.

All kids draw some kind of cartoon characters. They just grow out of them, and I didn't

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