Best Character Quotes

Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.

I'm always open to not necessarily to do leading roles because I want to do roles that are the best, character role. And sometimes, it's not going to be a leading role. It's going to be a smaller, supporting role. So really, I'm open to doing anything.

The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model. Whatever guitar has the best character for the song is the one I want to use, because if you've got a style, you're going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar you play.

Sam Seaborn is the best character that's ever been written for me, certainly. By far. And it's a timeless show [The West Wing], one that's having another resurgence now, with people so in an uproar politically.

Aaron Echolls is one of the best characters that I've ever played.

For me, the best characters are the ones that feel fully formed inside and out, so I try to have a very clear vision of exactly what they would wear, top to bottom, who they are, what their backstory is, what their family situation is, who are their friends, just creating as much of a three-dimensional character [as possible]. Because I think you could do a very broad character, but as long as there's some emotional truth to them you can get away with really crazy things.

My job as an actor is to serve the script. If I'm looking at it as to see what the best character is, then it's not really looking at the big picture.

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.

I find that a lot of my best character stuff and ideas come unwittingly from novels. In scripts, it's a lot about the outward signs of whatever's happening - you have the end result. Whereas in a novel you get a buildup of the whys and wherefores, and you're let into the backstory.

The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

A good character is the best tombstone.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a certain way and you've got a certain kind of presence when you're young, then what's available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you're young tend to be villains.

I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

What would you love to achieve and accomplish? What would you feel great about doing in your life? What meaningful goals would you wish to reach? Imagine achieving and accomplishing everything that you would wish [dream] for. Picture yourself reaching your highest aspirations and your most meaningful goals. Visualize yourself speaking and acting the way you would wish with the highest and best character traits.

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

The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.