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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. -- Joshua Reynolds
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me. -- Michael Gambon
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character. -- Joseph Barbera
If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them. -- Daniel Bruhl
I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories. -- Chiaki Kuriyama
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore, they're not perceived as a big loss. -- Daniel Pauly
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. -- Sandra Brown
I think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are recycling. So now I'm Sam Malone the editor. I'm Sam Malone the billionaire. -- Ted Danson
All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script. -- Joe Johnston
Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know. -- Steve Irwin
You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do. -- Hank Azaria
There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic. -- Susan Orlean
I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face? -- Walter Brennan
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature. -- Marguerite Duras
If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. -- Jerry Garcia
When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame. -- Lorraine Toussaint
Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that are protected from the external world. Once you create that protection, you live long enough to see ageing. -- S. Jay Olshansky
I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within. -- William Jackson
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. -- Jean Paul
When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character. -- Kirk Douglas
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The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that. -- Fran Kranz
When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart. -- Alice Cooper
I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things! -- Amy Chua
At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start. -- Frank Cady
Character alone will have real effect on the masses. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Is Messi a real player or a Play Station character? -- Radamel Falcao
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character. -- Johann Kaspar Lavater
The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim. -- Nouman Ali Khan
The real Da'wah to Islam is the character of a Muslim. -- Nouman Ali Khan
The real object of the drama is the exhibition of human character. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character. -- Richard Dormer
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.... -- Joshua Reynolds
The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out. -- lecrae
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements -- Earl Warren
Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul. -- Hugh B. Brown
I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing. -- Ollie Johnston
The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired. -- Winston Churchill
sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. -- ElRay L. Christiansen
I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them. -- Felicity Jones
In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character. -- Kevin Hart
To me, the real marks of beauty in a woman are courage, character, kindness, and personality. -- David Walker
I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life. -- Dave Dravecky
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. -- Arthur Conan Doyle
Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty -- Dylan Moran
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty. -- Dylan Moran
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
I don't think there is a fictional character who resembles me because fictional characters are not real! -- Ruth Rendell
That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real. -- Morgan Freeman
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me. -- Rachel Bilson
The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities. -- Mahatma Gandhi
When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy. -- John Ridley
The character of Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' has some real dark sides, and Matt wasn't afraid to explore those. -- Jeffrey Klarik
Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides. -- Alexander Smith
I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up. -- Nora Roberts
The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good. -- George Orwell
I know people with PTSD, and it's very real and very hard. But it doesn't change your core character. -- Taya Kyle
I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at. -- Toby Jones
Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character. -- Walter Lippmann
To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional character with a real person. -- Caroline Lawrence
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. -- Henryk Sienkiewicz
The earth endured Christ's ministry only three years;--not three weeks after his real character and purposes were generally known. -- Horace Mann
As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself. -- Ginnifer Goodwin
Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think thats a real gift. -- Alan Ritchson
So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life. -- Blake Lively
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
Wealth in money, mineral resources are not the real wealth. The true wealth of nation is the character of her people. -- Sunday Adelaja
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors. -- Wallace Shawn
A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role. -- Natalie Dormer
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character. -- Christian McKay
I love trying to play the not-confident guy, the guy against my normal character, because that's when real acting comes into play. -- Kellan Lutz
Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances. -- Radhanath Swami
Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up. -- Sadie Robertson
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. -- Nelson A. Miles
When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character. -- Natalie Dormer
I like playing a character that admires real musicianship, and real talent and hard work. I think that's a good message for everyone. -- Elizabeth Gillies
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. -- Matthew Macfadyen
Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person. -- Swami Vivekananda
To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person. -- Ryan Coogler
The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one's own character. -- Morihei Ueshiba
Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies . -- Napoleon Hill
The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive. -- William Dobell
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. -- Abraham Lincoln
You've got to be happy when you play a sad character; otherwise, you just get depressed. Make your real life as fun as possible. -- Sophie Turner
Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed. -- Helen Keller
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. -- Abraham Lincoln
I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume. -- Ginnifer Goodwin
I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life. -- Peter M. Brant
I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a big way. -- Terence Winter
I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have. -- Jason Patric
How often you impress people when you have nothing and how often you oppress them when you have everything is what defines your real character! -- Israelmore Ayivor
We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden. -- James E. Faust
You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work. -- Chris Cooper
When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit. -- Ed Helms
The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations. -- Franz Liszt
A writer's duty is to draw a picture that expresses more inner beauty, deeper anxiety, and more complex tragedy than a real character ever can. -- Debasish Mridha
I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be in real life. -- Andrea Corr
Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? -- Cornelia Funke
A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk. -- Leonid Shamkovich
Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts. -- Thomas Gainsborough
My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me. -- Francine Rivers
I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself. -- S. E. Hinton
I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it. -- Gemma Arterton
Emotional release by itself, no matter how "real," "honest," etc. the emotion may be, is never enough to create a character...such release has no artistic form. -- Richard Hornby
It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The thing that really makes me happy is the real work and rehearsing and creating the character and the process of making the movie. Hollywood's not real. -- Penelope Cruz
When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great, 'cause you're not pretending to make up some silly thing. -- Michael Madsen
Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that Ive met. Hes really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts. -- Valerie Cruz
Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that I've met. He's really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts. -- Valerie Cruz
It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains exactly the same. -- Isadora Duncan
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship. -- Joe Baca
It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your esteem to the former. -- George Washington
Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified. -- Samuel Johnson
Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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