Quotes About Personality

During these early years, Ivar was constantly reinventing himself and reforming his personality. But he didn't want Durant and his partners to know about his efforts at self-improvement; he just wanted to show them the finished product. For these men, the story of Ivar's life began in 1908

He was probably a Sagittarius, like Rosalie herself, born with a quiver of arrows, and a license to be an asshole.

what a man has but what a man is that's important.

The most widespread individuality of writers consists, after all, in the fact that each conceals his bad qualities in an entirely particular way.

When you're a chill, laid back guy, you maybe have more pent-up frustration, anger, bitterness, than maybe somebody a little wilder would have.

Everyone has something that defines them, whether they're wildly intelligent or whether they have really big feet.

My sister was three years older than me, and she was like the stone-cold '70s fox. I looked like a short Polish farm woman, and so our journals were wildly different.

There's a difference between being a comic and a comedian. A comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian is a guy who says things funny, and he has a style and point of view that will last much longer.

Initially I thought: 'I would never get cast opposite Will Smith! No one would ever buy it with the age difference, our personalities.' I can't think of a couple that makes less sense in every way, shape and form.

It wasn't surprising to me because I've had the conversation with him personally, but Will Smith is more interesting a guy that you could ever capture in a movie or TV show.

I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.

There's no one quite like William - I bet he's really kind. You can just tell by looking at him.

For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors.

Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

I don't feel like I need to air out dirty laundry or any drama. But Robin Williams was one of the nicest guys I've ever met, celebrity or not. The most humble, nicest guy. I will also say he had a lot of issues.

I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.

I'm not the most attractive fella. I'm not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.

I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.

Robin Williams was a wonderful, kind, and generous man. One important thing I remember about his personality is that he was unassuming - he never acted as if he was powerful or famous.

I was not a fan. Moreover, I reveled in not being a fan, as though not being able to tolerate Robin Williams was one of the things by which I defined myself.

In every person, you have a world of personalities and souls, a world of perspectives that you can share. You can get into anyone's shoes. You've got to be willing to stare at the ugliest part of yourself and deal with it.

Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present.

Nobody has proved quite as adept as laughing at himself as former President George W. Bush, who willingly conceded to being a class clown, even as a candidate in 1999.