"We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live."
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"The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit."
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"In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions."
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"I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever."
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"Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness."
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"Temperament is the thermometer of character."
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"Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action."
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"Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters."
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"There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character."
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"The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate."
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"Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution."
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"Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort."
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"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
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"The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage."
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"Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art."
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"A jester, a bad character."
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"I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord."
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"It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character."
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"When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give a kind of background to another's grief, against which it stands out more clearly. Whereas in your story the characters cry and you sigh. Yes, be more cold. ... The more objective you are, the stronger will be the impression you make."
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"Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters."
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