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Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

You can't just be the same character forever. You've got to add some layers, show some personality.

It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.

Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you

I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it.

A lot of the characters I play are very naive, and I don't think I'm like that. And I'm not stupid!

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while

I do that with all of my characters. They have one of the flaws I have, and I zero in on that flaw.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character.

Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.

Dollars have never been known to produced character, and character will never be produced by money.

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

A person of “good character” was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

My favorite thing to do is transform. The further the character is away from me the more I enjoy it.

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.

In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.

When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

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