Quotes About Character

I love to play a character. If I'm playing Cinderella or Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty' or something like that, then I enjoy classical a lot. But to do just a two-minute solo, purely to show classical aesthetic, is not my favorite thing to do.

The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.

I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

If you try to come off as this big-time star with an attitude, people don't like that.

Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.

Bambi can't act. Bambi had major attitude.

Religion makes good people better and bad people worse.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

Our reaction to others does not define them, it defines us

In criticism parents attack children's personality attributes and their character. In guidance we state the problem and a possible solution. We say nothing to the child about himself or herself. When

The single most important rule is that praise deal only with children's efforts and accomplishments, not with their character and personality. When

The limits are set in a manner that preserves the selfrespect of the parents as well as of the children. The limits are neither arbitrary nor capricious, but educational and character building. The restrictions are applied without violence or excessive anger. Children's resentment of the restrictions is anticipated and understood; they are not punished additionally for resenting the prohibitions.

You will find out who you are when the difficult moment comes.

Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man's good character is marked by his impeccable attire.

Grace, properly understood, neither returns void, nor promote loose living!

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: "Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are."

He was all iron outside, but all father within.

Beauty is not just physical.

For me, the walk of the character is always the first part that I must define for myself.

I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character -- do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.

There is an inward and outward state in every human soul, with the inward being im?n (the condition of the faith) and the outward being isl?m (the manifestation or practice of the faith). When the two come together inwardly and outwardly, the resulting balance is a truly beautiful human being, one generally called a mu?sin, one whose worship and character are excellent.