Top 50 Likable Quotes

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.’

The kind of career that I want is not easy as a lady to manifest, because everyone wants a lady to be likable.

I went to Eton, that’s a slightly controversial issue, but it’s an interesting subject to try and come across as likable and self-aware and possibly even defeat a couple of stereotypes.

It’s a character that I always found really likable. I’m fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

I don’t trust people who are likable.

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about the success-likability penalty women face, then we can do something about it.

There’s something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

I only knew one thing about policemen: they were inhuman beasts. The problem was how to turn them into likable, sympathetic human beings. The answer was simple. Give them head colds. And first names. And keep their dialogue homey and conversational.

Our biggest struggle as human beings is to project ourselves as something that society has deemed admirable or likable instead of being honest.

Some might see me on Instagram or Twitter and think otherwise, but when you really get to know me, I’m a likable guy. So that’s why I think that people are drawn to me.

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.

I don’t mind playing somebody who’s not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.

Ariel Pink would be a regular on the Mike Douglas Show. Both a master songwriter and a charismatic figure, he’d wander the set like a cherubic, more likable Jim Morrison. His songs would be all over KFRC – the way Boz Scaggs ruled for one summer with ‘Silk Degrees.’

You can track elections by who was playing that president on ‘SNL’ at that time. There’s the theory that the more likable or charismatic impression would help get the president elected.

Many people feel that if they’re lonely, that means that they’re not likable or that they’re broken in some way.

With Jinkx Monsoon, I strive to make her pretty and likable and have this bubbly, lovely personality. But then she can also be the most crass, out of the blue, kooky character.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they’re likable.

I don’t worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

If you’re a likable person and you’re passionate, then people are drawn to that wherever you are in the world.

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

If you’re likable, people will like you.

In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable.

I really enjoy those characters like ‘Profit.’ With those elements that are shady and dark, you’re not responsible for being a likable character. Like some of Jack Nicholson’s characters, you remember them for so long.

There are so many male antiheroes but not nearly as many female antiheroes.There’s a lot of pressure on female characters to be likable. That puts a lot of pressure on women to be likable.

As for the like of Hillary Clinton, I – you know, I’ve covered Secretary of State Clinton before. I covered her during her campaign. And she’s a very likable and charismatic person once you get the chance to spend any time close to her.

I’ve got everything against likable characters. Likable characters are usually completely forgettable, and we don’t really care. I think we love villains… precisely because they show us these disturbing complexities that I don’t think nice characters do.

Kids need to encounter kids like themselves – kids who can sometimes be crabby and fresh and rebellious, kids who talk back and disobey, tell fibs and get into trouble, and are nonetheless still likable and redeemable.

Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.

Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things – they’re repellent and lovable. They’re not likable, but they’re lovable. I think Christine is one of those characters.

I like being able to play women that are growing or aren’t easy to love. Maybe they are really likable, but they’re annoying because they’re not tapping into who they’re suppose to be. You’re watching them, and you’re like, ‘Oh, why does she keep making this decision?’

The truth is that we don’t need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. Because what’s better than being roundly liked is being fully known – an impossibility both professionally and personally if you’re so busy being likable that you forget to be yourself.

I understand that in TV, people like likable people. In film, you can get away with playing a terrible person. In TV, you’re in people’s homes every week.

One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in ‘All About Eve,’ and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.

Even in a crowded room, likable leaders make people feel like they’re having a one-on-one conversation, as if they’re the only person in the room that matters. And, for that moment, they are. Likable leaders communicate on a very personal, emotional level.

There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She’s a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn’t rich and doesn’t have a lot of friends. No posse. She’s just like you, like most of us.

I’m a pretty upbeat person. I think I sometimes get cast as these brooding types because I bring light and joy, which hopefully makes them more likable.

People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

The characters don’t all have to be likable, and they don’t all have to be hateable. As long as it’s interesting and you connect to them and they resonate with you and you want to find out what happens and it feels authentic, then we have something.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that’s how VI came to life.

The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You’re good at reading rooms. You’re persuasive, and you’re likable.

It’s a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We’ve got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we’ve explored some of the secondary characters’ personal lives a bit more.

There are a lot of times when Jessica Jones is alone in her house, and there’s no dialogue. She’s rough around the edges, so getting to spend that time with her and see her be vulnerable and process the weight of her world is what makes the character so likable.

Watching ‘Girls,’ it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters.

People say ‘Limmy’s Show’ is kind of hit or miss, but I’d rather that than having something generally likable.

Likable leaders truly believe that everyone, regardless of rank or ability, is worth their time and attention. They make everyone feel valuable because they believe that everyone is valuable.

There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren’t personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.

A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.

I’ve played parts that were just likable people, and there’s a certain pleasure in that. And that’s that.

In ‘UnREAL’, for me, just being so openly feminist, just being so overtly, like, ‘This show is about women who are not necessarily likable, doing a job that is despicable, and we are not going to be afraid of that.’

Defensive players kind of have that two-faced kind of way of being able to be very aggressive on the football field and going out there and getting there job done. At the same time, from my own incidents and my own personality, I’m much a person that’s very likable and lovable.