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I don't trust people who are likable.
If you're likable, people will like you.
It is better to be likable than to be talented.
A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.
It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.
People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.
I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room.
I'm an athlete, I'm funny, I'm creative, I can tell a story, I'm likable.
I really like Savannah Guthrie. I think that she is a very likable person.
I'm not necessarily interested in telling the story of people who are super likable.
If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.
So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in.
People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.
I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.
We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.
When you smile, you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.
I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.
If you're a likable person and you're passionate, then people are drawn to that wherever you are in the world.
The kind of career that I want is not easy as a lady to manifest, because everyone wants a lady to be likable.
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
People say 'Limmy's Show' is kind of hit or miss, but I'd rather that than having something generally likable.
There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.
Many people feel that if they're lonely, that means that they're not likable or that they're broken in some way.
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.
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 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've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.
When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people.
I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.
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.'
Our biggest struggle as human beings is to project ourselves as something that society has deemed admirable or likable instead of being honest.
For me, there's something likable but not quite lovable about poached fish: the ultraclean flavor, the melt-away texture, the no-fat virtuousness.
There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.
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'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.
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.
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.
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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.
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.
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.
Having emotional intelligence allows you to manage your emotions, show empathy, and prevent you from getting distracted. It also helps you solve problems and be a more likable person.
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.
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.
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.