Flawed Character Quotes

... always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes ... absolutely out of his senses.

None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.

No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.

... men of highest genius have been too frequently of extremely shaky morals.

A flawed candidate with a strong character versus a strong candidate with a flawed character.

I love Robin Wright's character in 'House of Cards' because she's a bona fide villain. She's a not-nice person in a believable way; you can see her working in the world.

He’s very eloquent but doesn’t keep a single promise.

I don't want to watch a show or a movie about the guy who doesn't have any problems, who is sort of a goodie two shoes and just does everything morally right, because that's not the person I relate to. That's not who I am. That's not what anyone is.

I always thought it would be really fun to play a villain. I feel like I haven't done that yet. Not an anti-hero, not someone who is flawed, but somebody who is just straight-up bad.

I like Spider-Man because he's become the most famous. He's the one who's most like me - nothing ever turns out 100 percent OK; he's got a lot of problems, and he does things wrong, and I can relate to that.

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.

Hey Rid?" She stopped and turned to look at him, almost ruefully. Like she couldn't help what she was any more then a shark could help being a shark, but if she could... "Yeah, Shrinky Dink?" "You're not all bad." She looked right at him and almost smiled. "You know what they say. Maybe I'm just drawn that way.

There's something about a guy who admits he's a jerk that makes him forgiveable.

I'm no saint.

Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.

The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when they say 'likable.'

My character is not flawless.

We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.

The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he'd manage to hide a few little sins somewhere for his own discomfort. They're the last things we'll give up.

I've always said a romance hero can be deeply flawed... as long as he's willing to rush into a burning building to rescue a basket of kittens.

I am the character you are not supposed to like.

For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection.

I like a man with faults, especially when he knows it. To err is human

I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.