Character Quotes

Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.

Joseph Campbell

THE MOMENT OF CHOICE A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

Stephen Covey

The power of the Latin classic is in character, that of the Greek is in beauty. Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.

Matthew Arnold

I would assume most people hate my character. But I'm hoping that I'm the character you love to hate.

Charlotte Ross

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.

Toni Collette

The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!

Peter Berg

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

Julianna Margulies

Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that.

Joan Collins

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

Julie Walters

I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?

Rachel McAdams

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

Jena Malone

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

Julie Garwood

I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!

Jenna Elfman

One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet about them, you might say, 'I don't really necessarily want to hang out with this guy' or 'I would never be this kind of guy in my life.' I think it's part of an actor's job to say, 'Maybe you could be.

Jason Ritter

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters do whatever you want them to - they usually have a life of their own if you've done your job properly.

Paul Kane

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

Edward James Olmos

The force of character is cumulative

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing.

Mark Miller

So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade.What other surprises was she concealing?

Tessa Dare

I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time.

Wyclef Jean