"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."

Character, Being, Hollywood

20

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."

Exlpore more Character quotes

"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

Character, Power, Person, Strive

Explore more quotes by Nicolas Cage

"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."

Blood

"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it."

Actor

"To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new."

Actor

"Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios."

Passion

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

Fun

"As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious."

People

"I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place."

First

"There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic."

Actor

"It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even."

Family

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

Father