"And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist."

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"And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist."

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"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Character, Ambition, Bed, Connection

"Always the wild child, conceived in flames, born of fire. Drawn to the forbidden, witch, warlock, burning stones. Her blood is made of moonlight; part dark, part light. Her heart, it's a sword; fiercely loyal and will fight to the death for those whom she loves. You can throw her in the fire, she always returns as a flame: the fervor is her anchor, her safe-haven... her blood."

Melody Lee, American Poet

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"A sweet soul will take you further than a sweet tongue."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Character, True, Colors, Marriage, Poor

"An evil person will have evil friends. A righteous person will have righteous friends. The company you keep is hidden treasure or masked demise."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Character, Evil, Righteous, Friends, Company

"Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Character, Reputation, Speech, Truth, Goodness

"You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you're as blind as a mole, you're a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work. Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. "But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I've ever known."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Character, Imperfection, Love, Temper, Poetry

"Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Character, Discipline, Power, Consistency

"It might not be about perfection. Rather, it may be that that which is imperfect is that which has the most character."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Character, Imperfection, Truth, Life, Inspirational

"Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you."

Gregory Peck, American Actor

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"I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna."

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"Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that."

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"People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play."

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"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition."

"A sweet soul will take you further than a sweet tongue."

"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."

"An evil person will have evil friends. A righteous person will have righteous friends. The company you keep is hidden treasure or masked demise."

"Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting."

"Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing."

"It might not be about perfection. Rather, it may be that that which is imperfect is that which has the most character."

"Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you."

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"You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year."

"We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby."

"I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna."

"Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that."

"It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors."

"I've never been onstage in my life."

"For me personally, everything is on a kiss."

"I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money."

"David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience."

"People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play."