"I do think I'm a character actor."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

George Eliot, British Author

Character, Nobility, Generosity, Judgment

"Failures make character, not success."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Character, Inspirational, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Trials, Success, Qualities

"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Character, Integrity, Truth, Power, Foundation

"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Character, Virtue, Patience, Loyalty, Kindness

"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Character, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Happiness

"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Virtue, Spirit, Attraction, Influence

"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Character, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom, Happiness

"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Character, Treat, Self, Good, Others

"Strive to be a person of character not a person of power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised."

Medical, People, Virtue, Grandparents

"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."

Humor, Thought, Americans, Irish

"I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine."

Sound, Want

"I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously."

Work, People, Circumstances, Desire

"I'd love to try my hand at something else."

Love,

"They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques."

Day,

"I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments."

People, Arguments, London

"I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends."

Age, Wife, People, Girlfriends

"It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another."

Time,

"I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird."

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