Quotes About Character

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.

You can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.

I really felt good after working in a film like 'Piku,' as many people could relate to my character. I got letters from my fans telling me how my character resembles to their grandparents.

I'm not necessarily interested in telling the story of people who are super likable.

There was a lot of dancing in '76, '78, in the '80s. A lot of dancing. The burn years. A lot of dancing. And for a while, working fit in with all that. 'Moonlighting' - that wasn't acting. It was people telling me 'Let's create a character who is you, so you can play him the way you are. The guy you are at night.' It was fun.

I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.

We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story.

In the world of President Trump, we really want people who aren't going to lie. We want people who can sit in front of a congressional committee for hours and, however mad they may make us, never give us reason to doubt that they are telling the truth as they see it.

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.

What your character does for a living is one of the most important choices you can make in a screenplay, even if their job is tangential to the story, because it tells you everything about the condition of their life. Are they doing what they love? Are they doing what they hate?

If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.

My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play.

When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, but sometimes it is not good. I hope it's good in my case.

I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny and wry and every scene he's in he just takes. There's a scene in 'Eclipse' where Bella tells him she's a virgin, and it's the funniest, most awkward scene I've ever seen on film.

What I've found, and what Scripture tells us, is that your faith is not something on the side, something you carry with you - it is inherently who you are.

How a character hides his feelings tells us something about him.

I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave enough to let everything else go and let the character guide you. When I read a script, I look for that kind of pull.

I played a biker in one of my earliest films in Telugu, 'Mr Perfect.'

I am open to do a Telugu, Tamil or Malayali movie. If I get a good script and good character, I will surely do it.

I am ready to act in Telugu if I get a good story.