"I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route."

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"I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route."

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"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Character, Spirit, Drive, Self

"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Faithfulness, Discipline, Principles, Integrity

"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Character, Arrogance, Humility, Self, Improvement

"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Integrity, Virtue, Faith, Values

"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Character, Fact, Man

"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Character, Gratification, Patience, Manhood, Virtue

"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."

David Levithan, American Author

Character, Kindness, Identity, Connection

"Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I'll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr."

Cassandra Peterson, American Comedian

Character, Feeling, Pretty

"Character is what can do without success."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Character, Success, Ability

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"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."

Ireland

"Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody."

Law

"Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience."

Experience

"But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor."

Actor

"To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably."

Being

"So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket."

Work

"When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave."

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"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."

"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."

"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."

"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."

"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."

"Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I'll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr."

"Character is what can do without success."

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"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."

"Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody."

"When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear."

"I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet."

"The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted."

"Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience."

"But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor."

"To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably."

"So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket."

"When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave."