Character Development Quotes

"I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that" "I like criticism. It makes you strong." "As an actor you always want to find a piece of yourself in every character" "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." "To play a role, you have to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand their world." "Acting allows me to explore emotions and experiences I’d never face in real life; it’s both terrifying and exhilarating." "Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks." "How true Daddy's words were when he said all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil" "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved" "The challenges we face teach us who we are, what we value, and who we want to become" "The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves " "Everybody has a different process. For me, playing a role is gaining a new understanding of who I am." "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him" "Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve" "It is easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook." "True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others" "Day by day, what you do is who you become" "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character" "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man"