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If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope. — Ryan Gosling

I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed. — Shirley Maclaine

What is either a picture or a novel that is not character? — Henry James

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. — John Holt

What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say.
Anonymous — Mike Addington

Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are. — John Wooden

What makes Johnny Depp so brilliant is you truly have no idea what kind of character he's going to play next. — Alexa Vega

The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It's what you do when you think no one is looking. — Jason Mraz

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for. — Robert Quillen

Do what you know and perception is converted into character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get. — Dana Plato

The first thing I look for is the humor, because you can tell what the character's fears and insecurities are through the humor. — Lusia Strus

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

You cannot make God stop loving you, because his love is based on who he is, not what you do. It is based on his character, not your conduct. — Rick Warren

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is. — Jack Miner

There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say. — Greta Gerwig

It is character that communicates most eloquently. As Emerson once put it, What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say. — Stephen R. Covey

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. — Thomas Paine

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable. — Tavi Gevinson

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. — Thomas Babington Macaulay

what is the truth about the inner motivations, character, and ambition of those who hold power? — Stephen R. Covey

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him. — Thomas Perry

We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character. — Marc E. Platt

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character. — Ugo Betti

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character. — Lynne Truss

For me, what grabs my attention about the project is usually the character immediately and then the story, and then the people that are involved. — Milo Ventimiglia

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. — J. C. Watts

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader? — Len Wein

It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. — Henri Frederic Amiel

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me. — Fran Kranz

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away. — William Davis

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows. — Martin Short

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business. — William Makepeace Thackeray

I think what I find challenging is just trying to bring a truthfulness and a realism to a character. — Tricia Helfer

A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment. — Maralee McKee

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired. — Winston Churchill

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. — Heraclitus

We never ask for the bad that happens to us, but it happens. The true test of character is how we go on, what we take from it. — Michelle M. Pillow

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. — Harper Lee

Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are. — Ioan Gruffudd

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up. — Edward Norton

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. — Ashwin Sanghi

Knowing why you are is your purpose.
Knowing who you are is your style.
Knowing what you are is your character — Debasish Mridha

As Plato: What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied. — Rebecca Goldstein

In order to make characters real - no matter what the character is doing - you have to see yourself as capable of having done that. — Regina Doman

Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. — Harold Morowitz

What we did and who we were are just dregs compared to who we are now and how we act when the sword is coming down. — Rachel Aaron

I think the way we react to things is a big indicator of our character and what type of person we are. — Zendaya

The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes? — Robert I. Sutton

What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life. — Catherine Deneuve

Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock. — David Bergen

What is knowledge, if it does to shape our conduct? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do. — William Ellery Channing

Character is what we do when no one else is watching"

~R. Alan Woods [2012] — R. Alan Woods

What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are. — Orrin Woodward

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. — John Wooden

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!' — Lauren Bacall

The really cool thing about when you're playing a comic book character is that no one knows what he sounds like. — Josh McDermitt

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did. — Hillary Clinton

What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position. — Bill Watterson

A person's character is most clearly seen not by what they show, but what they hide. — Michelle Griep

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself. — Billie Jean King

Character is what we are in the dark — Lee K. Abbott

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is. — Graham Yost

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is. — Steven Soderbergh

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does. — David Chase

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another. — Steven Strait

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. — Carlos Ghosn

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy. — Michael Sheen

With Superman, there are certain limitations for an actor. You can't go past certain boundaries because then you cease to be what the character is. — Henry Cavill

I have zero idea of what my involvement with 'The Lying Game' is going to be. I'm a character that may or may not be permanently involved. — Tyler Christopher

Fortune is no real thing.
But men who cannot bear what comes to them
In Nature's way, give their own characters
The name of Fortune. — Menander

China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness. — Zhang Xin

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director. — Tahar Rahim

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like. — Madeleine L'Engle

Character is what a man is in the dark — D.L. Moody

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters. — Henry Fielding

Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right. — Matthew Kelly

I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character. — Richelle E. Goodrich

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home. — Frances Moore Lappe

Reputation is what people think we are; character is what God and the holy angels know we are. — Warren W. Wiersbe

I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that. — Naomie Harris

I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is. — Elisha Cuthbert

Character is what you do in the dark. — Dwight L. Moody

Reputation is what others think you are; character is what God knows you are. — Anonymous

Our character is determined by what we do if every restraint were removed. — Lettie Cowman

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone;
Character is what the angels say about you before the throne of God — William Hersey Davis

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for? — J.M. Coetzee

What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do. — Friedrich Nietzsche

What we decide to do in the face of adversity is perhaps the truest measure of character. — Ian Usher

What is important is to maintain integrity of the story, of the character, of the movie, even if it's a big production. — Adam Driver

What distinguishes people with an extraordinary character from the rest of us is how they respond when life sends one of its inevitable curves. — Robin S. Sharma

Of all the principles I'd learn about story, the idea that a character is what he does remains the hardest to actually live. — Donald Miller

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character. — Wayne W. Dyer

A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume. — Clemence Poesy

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. — William Ellery Channing

I try to be really, really specific, because each character is really an individual and you have to find out what makes them unique. — Rachelle Lefevre

Art is not so much talent as character ... it's what you are, the qualities of the person. — John Olsen