Top 1200 Character And Reputation Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself shift. Unless you're Daniel Day Lewis, who stays in character all the time, there's a switch that happens.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Character is something each one of us must build for himself, out of the laws of God and nature, the examples of others, and - most of all - out of the trials and errors of daily life. Character is the total of thousands of small daily strivings to live up to the best that is in us. Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honest to choose the right.

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.

Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves.

'Fringe' is essentially a love story, so the scenes where Walter had close connection with Peter, but also with Anna's character or Jasika's character, were very special to me.

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

I still want to have the reputation of kind of being a quiet hardworking type of guy.

Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved

We did so much work developing the character of Kratos, why would we throw all that out? We're sort of treating the first seven games like chapter one of this character's life.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

My reputation is the main reason why a lot of things don't go my way on the court.

I don't have a reputation of being a super-witch who demands pink rugs in the dressing room.

It was seriously just a name. They didn’t tell you what to do. They didn’t tell you how they wanted the character to be - nothing. You went in to audition for this character name and that was it. When I started, before I came onto the set, I went to Gene Roddenberry and said: hey, what do you want from this guy? Who is he? And being as smart as he is, he said: don’t listen to what you’ve heard or read or seen in the past, nothing. Just make the character your own. And that’s what I did.

I don't want to build a reputation for just being able to take long throws.

I'm not bragging, but my reputation among my peers was Bruno was a horse I never got tired.

I have built a very good reputation in India and a lot of Indians respect me.

The Villain wasn't necessarily something I sat down and thought, 'Oh this is going to be my character.' It's most like other great wrestling characters, where it's more of a reflection of my actual character.

Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved.

If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.

What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I can identify that from reading the script, then I've got a clear idea of whether or not I think the character is worth playing.

My approach to Pennywise was, on one hand, I wanted to stay true to the essence of the character but at the same time make it an edgier character that is basically unpredictable and people won't expect everything he comes up with.

Every actor has his own approach towards acting. I believe you do not become the character you are playing. You may get closer to it but you do not lose yourself. There's just a reflection of the character in you.

With films it's not usually that I have a particular character I'm looking for; I'll read the character and my imagination will start spinning and I'll go, "Yes, definitely." I'm thinking it would be nice to keep challenging myself.

Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.

Be thankful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes. Your character will grow; your faith will increase. There is a relationship between these two: the greater your faith, the stronger your character, and increased character enhances your ability to exercise even greater faith.

For Marvel, we've never looked at any of our characters in terms of gender, race, or religion. It truly is about, who is the best character for the story? If that character happens to be a woman, fantastic.

I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.

Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what is right for the character. Outside of the armored truck standard issue security guard uniform, this guy is trying to make ends meet. He might have one pair of jeans, the same boot, maybe changes his shirt but he doesn't have a walk-in closet full of things, so I wanted something comfortable that felt like the character.

The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics. We do. It's our job to question - everything.

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

Because of the incredible reputation I have, people find me exciting to watch on film.

I don't want to develop a reputation for being difficult about absolutely everything and everyone.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Chicago is a world-class culinary center. We need to guard that reputation and status.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.

Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.

The higher education so much needed today is not given in the school, is not to be bought in the market place, but it has to be wrought out in each one of us for himself; it is the silent influence of character on character.

I doubt that I could create a character I loathed simply because when a character takes life, it is impossible not to be a little amazed by the phenomenon, and to find that the amazement has something of the quality of delight.

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to understand the common antithesis of a good writer and a bad man.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

I have a long-held reputation in the studio for being someone who definitely doesn't do professional PDAs.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.

Ads get a bad reputation sometimes because they're not useful. They're not relevant, or slow.

I can honestly say Ive never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.