Famous Quotes & Sayings

Colm Meaney

If you're playing a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to.

Danielle Panabaker

Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going on and where the characters have come from, it wasn't difficult, per se, to really embody and embrace.

Dan Lipinski

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Dan Millman

We discover our character through decisions under pressure.

Corliss Lamont

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Cornelia Funke

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

Colton Haynes

While I'm trying to be a villain, Tyler Posey's just making me break character all the time. It's hilarious.

Common

I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor.

Colum McCann

I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really. Plot seems vaguely juvenile to me. It's all about language, it's all about how you apply it to the page.

Colum McCann

Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters, and I have no idea how they are going to play together, and I have certainly no idea how I am going to put manners on them.

E. V. Lucas

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

Dwight Yoakam

I'm really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.

Dwight L. Moody

I know I have a first-rate mind, but that`s no source of pride to me. Intelligent people are a dime a dozen. But I am proud of having character.

Dwight L. Moody

Character is what you do in the dark.

Colin Hay

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Olli Jokinen

We showed a lot of character tonight. It was a big win for our team.

We showed a lot of character to come right back, but in the second half we were poor defensively. We defended poorly on two set pieces and a cross, and we suffered the consequences. Credit Richmond.

We showed a lot of character in those final minutes. It was great effort and energy. It was a sense of urgency at that point, a huge sense of urgency, and we were able to capitalize.

We showed a lot of character here today. People are stepping up when they are called upon and that is the type of effort that we are going to need to stay in this league.

Adam Foote

We showed a lot of character coming back tonight. This team really wants to win and if we can put away a few mistakes it's going to make things a lot easier.

Mike Woodson

We showed a lot of character coming back from 12 down. I thought Iverson was tremendous tonight. He created so many problems for us, but I like that we found a way to overcome that and get the win. We had a number of guys step up in the fourth quarter.

We showed a lot of character, but it's very disappointing to come all the way back like that and still lose. That's a game we should have won. I will say that there's a lot of teams who might have packed it in when they were down by four goals, but we didn't.

We showed a lot of character after the loss Wednesday and I expected nothing less.

Amandla Stenberg

Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this character to actually getting the role. My mother reminds me that if I could manifest such an important role just because I wanted it so much, all of my dreams are possible.

Steven Strait

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.

Sara Shepard

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

Harrison Ford

I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?

Gabriel Byrne

O'Neill presents a very complex multi-layered kind of challenge. His characters are always deeply complex and, to a great extent, inaccessible.

Geena Davis

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.

Idina Menzel

I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater.

Ian Mckellen

I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.

When you go and give them the ball, the momentum switches. But then again, that shows the character of this team. We've played in big games and we've never given up. We didn't hang our heads or get frustrated, and the players on the floor got this win for us.