Home /
Quotes /
Character Quotes

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

Luck
|
Nov 07, 2020

If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that!

Quotes by Olivia Colman

Matter
|
Nov 07, 2020

If I love the character, then that's all that matters to me. It doesn't really matter what genre it is.

Quotes by Olivia Cooke

Nov 07, 2020

If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.

Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

Heart
|
Nov 07, 2020

I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.

Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

Nov 07, 2020

For a long time, I so badly wanted to work with Jeremy Piven, and I ended up on 'Mr. Selfridge' with him. He was such a character - so brilliant to work with.

Quotes by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Influence
|
Nov 07, 2020

We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.

Quotes by Oliver Joseph Lodge

Never
|
Nov 07, 2020

I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.

Quotes by Oliver Reed

Nov 07, 2020

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.

Quotes by Oliver Stone

Nov 07, 2020

I've had a lot of seedy side jobs. I've done it all. I've worked retail at the mall, just tons of side jobs, which I think are amazing for actors. I think everyone should have one! It helps you get more experiences, and the more experiences you have, the more you can channel into a character.

Quotes by Olesya Rulin

Nov 07, 2020

As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

Quotes by Olga Kurylenko

People
|
Nov 07, 2020

The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.

Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

Nov 07, 2020

The reality is that there are so few roles out there for women and for women of color, and I'm a character actor, this I know. And I'm getting to see more of the roles that are out there, but there aren't many. And zilch have been studio movies. Zilch.

Quotes by Octavia Spencer

Myself
|
Nov 07, 2020

I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.

Quotes by Octavia Spencer

Nov 07, 2020

When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.

Quotes by Octavio Paz

Horror
|
Nov 07, 2020

One of the most notable traits of the Mexican's character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it.

Quotes by Octavio Paz

Nov 07, 2020

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

Quotes by Oded Fehr

Game
|
Nov 07, 2020

I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun.

Quotes by Odette Annable

Language
|
Nov 07, 2020

My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.

Quotes by Odette Annable

Life
|
Nov 07, 2020

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.

Quotes by Og Mandino

Only
|
Nov 07, 2020

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

Quotes by O. J. Simpson

Unusually, one entry borrows the word from physics, describing the dual wave-and-particle character of matter and radiation. Continue with Characters quotes or Character Development quotes.

Previous
1
2
...
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
...
263
264
Next

Famous Topics

Top 10 quotes