Horace Quotes

What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain.

It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.

All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities.

It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner," Tsukiko says. "You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely. It is difficult to know which face is true.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.

Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.

For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.

I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act.

As an actress, you get to basically be your character.

It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.

Human beings are complicated and flawed and unique, but we all have a story to tell. Gone are the days where our lead characters can only look like somebody else. Heroes look like all of us. We see ourselves in each others' stories. We see who we are. We see who we want to be. Sometimes we see who we don't want to be. And through that we have a greater understanding of ourselves and acceptance of each other.

For me, everyone has many personas.

People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man a type or representative of humanity with the name of hero or saint.

Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week.

I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

Mann was conscious of adopting different perspectives in different parts of the novella, but my guess is that there are plenty of passages in which the resonance of the words he chose struck him as exactly right (even though he didn't probe to discover exactly what tone or narrative device gave them that effect).

We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.

What I find difficult about photo shoots is the line between playing a character - you're being asked by the photographer to take on a role like you would in a movie - and being a fancier version of yourself. It's about finding that line between being spontaneous and open to direction, but also trying to explain to photographers that the "me" is often taken out of context because it has all of this other stuff attached to it.

Respect your characters, even the ­minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it is worth thinking about what your minor characters' stories are, even though they may intersect only slightly with your protagonist's.