Quotes about Having Character

I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop. Votes: 4

When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution. Votes: 3

All my characters have playlists. Votes: 2

Character actors have a long shelf life. Votes: 2

I love playing characters that have secrets. Votes: 2

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters. Votes: 2

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character. Votes: 2

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters. Votes: 2

I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them. Votes: 2

I like characters who have strong facades and then have secrets. They have cracks. Votes: 2

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life. Votes: 2

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty. Votes: 2

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play. Votes: 2

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character. Votes: 2

I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them. Votes: 2

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing. Votes: 2

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life. Votes: 2

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem. Votes: 2

I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing. Votes: 2

I can't do a role or character unless I have lived that character. For me, the best teacher is life. Votes: 2

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character. Votes: 2

Having your own character in a video game is pretty cool. Votes: 0

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. Votes: 0

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character. Votes: 0

For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. Votes: 0

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name. Votes: 0

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work. Votes: 0

We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality. Votes: 0

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him. Votes: 0

Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character. Votes: 0

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away. Votes: 0

I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! Votes: 0

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it. Votes: 0

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished. Votes: 0

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. Votes: 0

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face? Votes: 0

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it. Votes: 0

When I find myself having that much trouble with a song or a character or a story, I tend to move on... Votes: 0

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over. Votes: 0

Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture. Votes: 0

Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions. Votes: 0

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble Votes: 0

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble. Votes: 0

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day. Votes: 0

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character. Votes: 0

Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious actions. Votes: 0

The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult. Votes: 0

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly. Votes: 0

The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character. Votes: 0

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology. Votes: 0

Having plastic surgery is pathetic. You don't look any younger; you look well for a bit until it starts going again, but it takes all the character out. Votes: 0

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler Votes: 0

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. Votes: 0

Having a relationship with people of questionable character is like playing with a razor blade on your skin, and pretending to observe that it is harmful to your body. Votes: 0

It's one of the worst nightmare situations we could create for a young character, having the people who are supposed to believe in you keep telling you you're nothing. Votes: 0

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it. Votes: 0

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is. Votes: 0

I love the challenge of having one character who is traveling back in time to find someone. Nowadays, the only way we think to find someone is on Facebook. Votes: 0