Characters Quotes · Page 20

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I'm attracted to the journeys of isolated characters.

— Francis Lawrence

“A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.”

— Amit Kalantri

All of these wonderful characters and opportunities come to me and I can't say no.

— Simone Missick

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

— Amit Kalantri

I want to play characters that are real, that have depth in them.

— Suniel Shetty

Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.

— Julian Barnes

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

— Paula Danziger

“When writing fiction, you learn to only put things and characters in, that are going to progress your story. There is something…

— Carl Henegan

Most evil characters, if they're not psychopathic, they become that way because they believe in what they're doing.

— Billy Burke

Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.

— Sara Sheridan

I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at…

— Damian Lewis

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective…

— Katee Sackhoff

Because characters are your creations, you are the one who ultimately gets to decide their fate.

— Alexandra Adornetto

I want to play male characters; I want to be Ranbir Kapoor of 'Rockstar.' Those are exciting parts.

— Shweta Tripathi

When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they…

— Eugenio Derbez

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of…

— Thomas Bernhard

I love playing really strung out characters, and characters that are really pushed to their limits and losing their mind. I think…

— Daniel Sharman

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if…

— Ronny Cox

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the…

— Andrew Dominik

I think about 'The Simpsons,' which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30's. Lisa is…

— Ted Naifeh

I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm…

— Karen Traviss

My objective is that I don't try to do the same thing. I try not to emulate something I've done before. And,…

— Emily Blunt

I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity. But…

— Suzanne Brockmann

“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”

— Amit Kalantri

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I'm stunned that people keep asking me to play characters I didn't expect to play.

— Mark Williams

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

I can't really compare them, all my characters are very close to my heart.

— Manoj Kumar

Variety of characters and themes bring out the best in me.

— Priyamani

You can never know enough about your characters

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.”

— Amit Kalantri

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

— Carey Mulligan

“If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

Places have their own characters. . . . But the people begin to look the same.

— Joanne Harris

Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.

— Larry Drake

“People don't suddenly just change, you just suddenly see the real them.”

— Michelle Blanchard

As a story teller I have used characters, epic tales, poetry and rasa in my performances.

— Shobana

I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.

— Jonathan Winters