- Burnett
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character Quotes
Character shows up in fiction, politics and physics.
"Character" is used two distinct ways in this collection — as a literary term about how a fictional character carries moral weight, and as a description of personal integrity tied to one's politics and work. For traits and personality more broadly, see Personality quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of ways to be a feminist. Beyonce, for example, is a beautiful example of feminine sensuality and is still really powerful. My character and my inner essence is more like an awkward 15-year-old boy, like a teenager backstage, like, 'Yeah, what's up?' That's what I'm trying to channel.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christine, as a stage character, is just a way for me to be more daring, to be more out of the box, to be stronger and to use everything that could weigh me down like a fuel, like an energy.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
- Derive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will find it surprising. I'm one of the worst 'corpses' on a movie set, which means you can't keep a straight face. You start to get the giggles and you can't stop.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020