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They are wrong: it is character.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="362c76"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/362c76/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303136/3221630070.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="362c76" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/362c76/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Most%20people%20say%20that%20it%20is%20the%20intellect%20which%20makes%20a%20great%20scientist.%20They%20are%20wrong:%20it%20is%20character.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F362c76%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303136/3221630070.v1.jpg&description=Most%20people%20say%20that%20it%20is%20the%20intellect%20which%20makes%20a%20great%20scientist.%20They%20are%20wrong:%20it%20is%20character." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1799/">Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3949/">Intellect</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4519/061b20/">Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4519/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/4519.v4.jpg" alt="Aristotle"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Aristotle</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a21808/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/21808.v3.jpg" alt="Hermann Hesse"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Hermann Hesse</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="266f26"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="266f26" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a21808/266f26/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=People%20with%20courage%20and%20character%20always%20seem%20sinister%20to%20the%20rest.%20It%20was%20a%20scandal%20that%20a%20breed%20of%20fearless%20and%20sinister%20people%20ran%20around%20freely%2C%20so%20they%20attached%20a%20nickname%20and%20a%20myth%20to%20these%20people%20to%20get%20even%20with%20them%2C%20to%20make%20up%20for%20the%20many%20times%20they%20had%20felt%20afraid.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa21808%2F266f26%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/583/">Courage</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1922/">Afraid</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a27/126e6/">We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a27/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/27.v8.jpg" alt="J. D. Vance"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">J. D. 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It's hideous. It's just masturbation at the highest level.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a18220/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/18220.v14.jpg" alt="Johnny Depp"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Johnny Depp</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="319e6e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="319e6e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a18220/319e6e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20despise%20those%20prick%20actors%20who%20say%2C%20%27I%20was%20in%20character%2C%27%20and%20%27I%20became%20the%20character%2C%27%20and%20all%20that%20stuff.%20It%27s%20hideous.%20It%27s%20just%20masturbation%20at%20the%20highest%20level.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa18220%2F319e6e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/133/">Character</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2476/35274/">With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who are subject to forces bearing down on them. My career's based on how we are rather than how we wish we were - they get the good-looking boys in for that kind of role.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2476/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/2476.v5.jpg" alt="Eddie Marsan"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Eddie Marsan</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="35274"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="35274" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2476/35274/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=With%20a%20face%20like%20mine%2C%20I%27m%20never%20going%20to%20play%20a%20character%20who%20conquers%20the%20universe%2C%20I%27m%20going%20to%20play%20characters%20who%20are%20subject%20to%20forces%20bearing%20down%20on%20them.%20My%20career%27s%20based%20on%20how%20we%20are%20rather%20than%20how%20we%20wish%20we%20were%20-%20they%20get%20the%20good-looking%20boys%20in%20for%20that%20kind%20of%20role.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2476%2F35274%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/332/">Career</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/431/">Wish</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2417/064db/">I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. 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Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2417/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/2417.v5.jpg" alt="Walter Brennan"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Walter Brennan</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="064db"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="064db" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2417/064db/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20not%20a%20glamour%20boy%2C%20and%20I%20never%20get%20the%20girl.%20I%20like%20to%20play%20old%20people%2C%20because%20there%27s%20something%20to%20them.%20Did%20you%20ever%20see%20anybody%20under%2030%20with%20any%20real%20character%20or%20expression%20in%20his%20face%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2417%2F064db%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/508/">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/570/">Girl</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2848/3fd2/">That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's where things will happen that you have to have the intuition to notice them, and to register them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2848/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/2848.v4.jpg" alt="Gary Oldman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Gary Oldman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3fd2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3fd2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2848/3fd2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=That%27s%20what%20sets%20apart%20one%20actor%20from%20another%2C%20and%20that%20you%20can%27t%20teach.%20You%20can%27t%20give%20someone%20that.%20When%20you%27re%20working%2C%20putting%20a%20character%20together%2C%20or%20in%20a%20scene%2C%20that%27s%20where%20things%20will%20happen%20that%20you%20have%20to%20have%20the%20intuition%20to%20notice%20them%2C%20and%20to%20register%20them.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2848%2F3fd2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/402/">Together</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1943/">Teach</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3424/">Intuition</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1579/221f47/">The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1579/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/1579.v7.jpg" alt="Uta Hagen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Uta Hagen</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="221f47"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="221f47" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1579/221f47/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20actor%20must%20know%20that%20since%20he%2C%20himself%2C%20is%20the%20instrument%2C%20he%20must%20play%20on%20it%20to%20serve%20the%20character%20with%20the%20same%20effortless%20dexterity%20with%20which%20the%20violinist%20makes%20music%20on%20his.%20Just%20because%20he%20doesn%27t%20look%20like%20a%20violin%20is%20no%20reason%20to%20assume%20his%20techniques%20should%20be%20thought%20of%20as%20less%20difficult.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1579%2F221f47%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/308/">Play</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1697/">Looks</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4519/361c38/">It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4519/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/4519.v4.jpg" alt="Aristotle"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Aristotle</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="361c38"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4519/361c38/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/3221625912.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="361c38" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4519/361c38/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20our%20choice%20of%20good%20or%20evil%20that%20determines%20our%20character%2C%20not%20our%20opinion%20about%20good%20or%20evil.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4519%2F361c38%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/3221625912.v1.jpg&description=It%20is%20our%20choice%20of%20good%20or%20evil%20that%20determines%20our%20character%2C%20not%20our%20opinion%20about%20good%20or%20evil." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/73/">Evil</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/619/">Opinion</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <dl class="pagination" role="menubar"> <dd><span class="active">1</span></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">2</a></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=2" class="ajax">3</a></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=3" class="ajax">4</a></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=4" class="ajax">5</a></dd><dd><span>...</span></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=316" class="ajax">317</a></dd><nobr><dd><span class="disabled">previous</span></dd><dd><a href="/topic/133/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">next</a></dd></nobr> </dl> </main> <aside> <div class="banner--aside"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'); }); </script> </div></div><section class="tags--themes"> <h3>RELEVANT THEMES</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="/topic/92/"> People </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/855/"> Up </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/145/"> Life </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/11/"> Time </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/57/"> Good </a> </li> </ul> <a href="/topics/" class="tags__more">More Topics</a> </section> <section class="tags--authors"> <h3>RELEVANT AUTHORS</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/a18/">Ralph Nader</a></li><li><a href="/a345/">Nancy Meyers</a></li><li><a href="/a795/">L. 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