Character quotes

“How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.”
Harold Ramis

“Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.”
Loretta Young

“When you're not blond and thin, you come up with a personality real quick.”
Kathy Najimy

“You may have my body, breasts, and boyfriend, but you are not me.”

Katherine Heigl - Alexia Wheaton

“Everyone has a part of themselves they hide. Even from the people they love most.”
Sally Field - Aunt May

“Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.”
Katharine Hepburn

“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.”
Jacqueline Bisset

“I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar

“You can't think about how people will perceive you or your character. All you can do is focus on your work. The rest is up to the universe.”
Robert Patrick

“The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.”
Tim Roth

“I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.”
Anthony Minghella

“The older one gets the more one comes to resemble oneself.”
Maurice Chevalier

“Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.”
Jeff Bridges

“Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.”
Peter Greenaway

“Best judge of character is a dog. I've found that to be true.”
Daniel Craig - Benoit Blanc

“- Ernie Malone: I'm not that bad all the time. Sometimes I'm very nice. Sometimes I just speak without thinking.
- Dorothy Shaw: I get the picture. You're half sweet and half acid.”
Elliott Reid - Ernie Malone
Jane Russell - Dorothy Shaw

“- Lt. Ted Wilks: It was bad judgment to bother a cop's widow about the love life of her husband.
- Dave Bannion: Good or bad, it was my judgment.
- Lt. Ted Wilks: You're missing the point. I'm the one that gets the pressure calls from upstairs. I'm the one that has to explain. You don't keep an office like this very long stepping on a lot of...” (continue)(continue reading)
Willis Bouchey - Lt. Ted Wilks
Glenn Ford - Dave Bannion

“Every thriller needs a good bad guy; without a bad guy, there's no thriller.”
Michael Eklund

“I always think you can tell a lot about a person by how they talk to their cab driver.”
Jeremy Strong

“Good luck, Elijah. Nothing essential is going to change about who you are. I promise, my friend...”

Sarah Paulson - Dr. Ellie Staple

“- Lady Sarah: Anne, you are too sensitive.
- Queen Anne: And you are too mean and uncaring, some days.
- Lady Sarah: Some days I'm quite lovely though. Let's think on them!”
Rachel Weisz - Lady Sarah
Olivia Colman - Queen Anne

“I paint with my qualities and faults.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“You were smart, and funny, and a huge pain in the ass. And you were the most powerful person I knew, way before you could shoot fire through your fists.”

Lashana Lynch - Maria Rambeau

“I made you look like a prince on the outside, but I didn't change anything on the inside. Prince Ali got you to the door, but Aladdin has to open it.”

Will Smith - The Genie

“You don't have to be the bad guy. You are the most talented, most interesting, and most extraordinary person in the universe. And you are capable of amazing things.”
Chris Pratt - Emmet