Character quotes

“He was no soft touch… you had to prove yourself. Above all, you had to demonstrate conclusively to his satisfaction that you were no phony.”
David Niven On Humphrey Bogart

“If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.”
Paul Newman

“Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality.”
Walter Matthau

“A remarkable talent but a monster of a man.”
Marlon Brando On Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Well, that just goes to show that you can take the girl outta Abnegation, but you can't take the Abnegation out of the girl.”

Miles Teller - Peter

“Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals.”
James Dean

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.”
James Dean

“She doesn’t give a damn how she looks. I don’t think she tries to be a character. I think she is one.”
Humphrey Bogart On Katharine Hepburn

“There are two kinds of people - those who don't do what they want to do, so they write down in a diary about what they haven't done, and those who are too busy to write about it because they're out doing it!”
Charles Coburn - Benjamin Dingle

“- Youa: You're funny.
- Walt Kowalsky: I've been called a lot of things, but never funny.”
Choua Kue - Youa
Clint Eastwood - Walt Kowalsky

“It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.”
Christian Bale

“I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.”
Robert De Niro

“If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.”
Harrison Ford

“I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“I'm sorry that I used to be such a saint back then, and I'm such a prick now!”
Nicolas Cage - Jack Campbell

“- Jeff Kohlver: I think it's better to meet people online first, sometimes. You get to know what they're like inside. When you work as a photographer you find out, real quick, people's faces lie.
- Hayley Stark: Does my face lie?”
Patrick Wilson - Jeff Kohlver
Ellen Page - Hayley Stark

“I'm the mean girl in the '80s horror movie and we're past the midpoint so, you know, I'd say that I've overstayed my welcome.”
Nina Dobrev - Vicki Summers

“You need to realize you're only as awesome as you think you are.”
Robbie Amell - Wesley Rush

“- Derek Jr.: You're the most narcissistic person I've ever met.
- Derek Zoolander: But that's not how I see myself.”
Cyrus Arnold - Derek Jr.
Ben Stiller - Derek Zoolander

“- Grandfather Disguisey: Who are you now?
- Pistachio Disguisey: The question is not who I am, the question is who are you? I'm Prince Lali Jhamba from the Ringy Dingy Heights near Bombay, Calcutta and New Delhi, India. India. India.”
Harold Gould - Grandfather Disguisey
Dana Carvey - Pistachio Disguisey

“I never made you do anything that wasn't in you already. People are such hypocrites. They go through their whole lives to the day they die saying that they're innocent, but they're not innocent. I showed you that! That's why I killed Claire, Mick.”

Rob Lowe - Alex

“- Penny Pingleton: Without that show I have nothing!
- Prudy Pingleton: Having nothing builds character!”
Amanda Bynes - Penny Pingleton
Allison Janney - Prudy Pingleton

“I think that to be really really good you have to come from some place inside that I'm just not sure I have.”
Amy Adams - Susan Morrow

“That's the thing I like most about Amy. She didn't have any airs. She was real... She was just a charming, sweet lady.”

Yasiin Bey - Yasiin Bey