Quotes About Character

I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor, when you're in front of these guys, whether it's DeNiro or Stallone. You have a moment like, 'Geez, that's Sylvester Stallone,' and then you have to snap out of it and get back in the pocket of the character.

It's very important for singers to feature in their videos because when we do playback for Bollywood, we tend to become the voice of the character - whether it's the actor or a situation that we are singing for.

If it's a 50-seat theater, I am neurotic about whether I'm doing an honest performance. Sometimes I walk away happy enough with it. You know, it can always be better, but sometimes I'll walk away distraught, feeling like I missed the pulse of the character that evening.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

The severe household has no fierce slaves, while it is the affectionate mother who has the prodigal son.

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.

While it was entertaining to develop content through the Dr. DisRespect character, it's time for him to retire.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

It's nice to play a three-dimensional person every once in a while for a change of pace.

I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.

Dontel Benjamin on 'Eastbound' is a loud-mouth, braggadocios, crazy man, while Roy on 'Rake' is a very deliberate, thoughtful man, and he doesn't scream a lot.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

My only criteria while selecting roles is that it should be a lead part in an interesting story where the character has depth and layers.

Want to raise children who will be happy adults? Teach them not to whine.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

A lot of times I think the cast members, the lead characters in a show really set the tone for the show. On some shows, the stars of the show will just be whining and complaining and spending the whole time texting their boyfriends on their Blackberries, and there's just no attention given to the work.