#character

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles." (Young India, 22 October 1925) ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#conscience #humanity #morality #politics #principles

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months. ↗

— Clive Owen

#around #better #character #couple #i

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice. ↗

— Clive Owen

#convincing #i #just #like #nice

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting. ↗

— Clive Owen

#action #any #character #creating #dialogue

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. ↗

— Clive Owen

#basics #characters #does #go #great

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies. ↗

— Clive Owen

#any #baddies #because #characters #consider

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it. ↗

— Clive Owen

#conflict #drama #going #got #grappling

I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#actually #admire #anyone #beats #career

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#character #god #know #men #men and women

I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#characters #circumstances #drama #engage #enlightened