Quotes About Character

Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards.

When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.

Besides being a sportsman, I am also a human being.

I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.

I'm a blue collar guy from Spokane, Washington, who was raised to just be respectful, be a sportsman, and just speak with your performances, and I'm glad that I'm back to my old ways.

Each sportsman behaves differently.

It's who I am. You win awards for sportsmanship and whatever, but that's just me being me. I'm not doing anything extra.

I think as an actress, I prefer having a character on the page. It allows you to be more invested in actually creating a whole person. It's easier when you're not trying to come up with your next line on the spot.

I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.

Character is not created on the spot.

I love Elektra. I really have a special place in my heart for her. It was very enjoyable for me to discover her and to adapt her for this project and bring myself to this character. So I have a special spot for her.

Sukumar comes from a very different school of working style. He never shoots with set dialogues and scenes. Most of it is improvised on the spot. He'd tell me, 'Rakul, if this is your character, how would you behave? Show me.'

A zebra does not change its spots.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

When you have to spread heroism across too many players, you don't get to really dig deep into each of them as much as you'd want to.

One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.

Imagining what a character will do in a given situation - it's like an equation, and working it out is a marathon rather than a sprint.

In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference.

I always wanted to play characters, and that was definitely one - a Russian spy.

I was Gerti Giggles in 'Spy Kids.'

For a book to function... it has to be a functioning reality. The character has to be real, and I imagine that's exactly what happens for a spy who is in deep cover.

To be able to win one game at Old Trafford or at one of the other strong sides in the country you have to be strong as a squad. You have to have the personality and the character to not fear and to be yourselves.