Top 1200 Character And Reputation Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I feel like the scripts were so wonderfully written in the sense that my character in '1666' and my character in '1994' mirrored each other in a really nice way. They're both so strong, empowered, determined, and passionate.

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.

My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.

I didn't sit around thinking, 'I'd love to play Luke Cage,' but when the character was presented, I did my research, and I was just like, 'This is a real gift. He's a great character, and I'm happy to have a chance to take a crack at him.'

We build our character as a carapace to keep away the fear of the abyss. That's what our character is for.

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.

Character starts with the alphabet. Letters: words: sentences Character is a function of language—a collection of errors and deviations that resonate with certain behaviors. As with every other element in fiction, it is a record of a writer’s decisions.

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people.

Superman is the hardest character to draw. There are a couple of things that make him difficult. He's got a very simple costume and doesn't have the long cape like Batman. He's not a character that is necessarily always in shadow, and he doesn't have a mask.

It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not to remain in harmony with both the good and the bad that is within us.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

No, I feel like my personality probably influenced the character, more than the character influenced me.

My commercial viability, coupled with my reputation, gives me enough freedom to assert my right as a composer.

You should take your reputation very seriously and try to build a track record you can be proud of.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

I have a great fondness for any character I work on. Whether it's somebody like Batman or Harley Quinn or whatever character I'm writing, I just really enjoy the heck out of it, and I try to do the best job I can with it.

Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.

Erudition - that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic - is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character.

On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into character; the second one you start to explore the character a bit more.

When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.

America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.

Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.

The JBL character, I had had in mind for a long time, a character very similar.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

I would assume most people hate my character. But I'm hoping that I'm the character you love to hate.

We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character.

For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music.

Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

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

The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.

Worship is accomplished with the life as well as with the words and attitudes of people. Changed and transformed lives testify to the character and supernatural power of the God of heaven. Closeness to Him produces changes in character and holiness.

We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.

As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins.

I really felt good after working in a film like 'Piku,' as many people could relate to my character. I got letters from my fans telling me how my character resembles to their grandparents.

I feel like I'm going to have a long career and you don't want to get a bad reputation for certain things.

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

SoftBank's $100 million investment helped cement our reputation as a start-up with a promise.

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all.

If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.

When a director from Hindi cinema is looking for an actor from another language, it will be only because he feels the character justifies this and that can only be for a well-written character.

A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.

I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character.

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

I must say Steven Spielberg was great to me, and I loved working with him. He called me up on the phone and was like, "I want you to be in this movie - 1941. There are a couple of parts. You can take whichever one you want. One of them is a main character who is involved in everything, and there's another character who has his own storyline and goes off on his own. He's probably the funnier, more unique character." I said, "Well let me do that second one."

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

My reputation will always precede me to the day I die. For some people, that probably can't be quickly enough.

Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.

At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing.

Miami fans have got a terrible reputation around the national media, and I think it's very unfair.

I think every woman character, every female character, has her own arc.

Though the boot may fit the foot, one can rarely stand in the tread of his own reputation.