You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
“Hands can cook, hands can create, hands can kill. There is no better tool than our hands.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
There are dodgy characters in Bitcoin. But there are dodgy characters in cash, too. — Patrick M. Byrne Copy Share Image
“Many of us would not make terribly interesting characters in a novel.” — Claire Wingfield Copy Share Image
Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational. — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
I was the nerdy one. I always played those kind of characters until Mad Men. — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
I thought, 'I loved Batman, I loved Spider-Man, I love all these characters, but Catwoman is really different from any other one.' — Denise Di Novi Copy Share Image
It's important to find characters that share sympathy with a young audience, not just in the story but their role in the… — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image
From its beginning, fan fiction has been written mostly by women. Originally, this was because of a dearth of interesting female characters… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
It's fun when you create a world to inhabit it and see the other characters from grounds eye view. — Mike White Copy Share Image
My biggest disappointment is that once I'm finished working on the characters, I really do expect to see them in the flesh… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,'… — Kevin Williamson Copy Share Image
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There… — Leslie Cockburn Copy Share Image
I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
If only I could step back into the time of old movies, if only I could be given the opportunity to do… — Kari Matchett Copy Share Image
The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it,… — Marguerite Moreau Copy Share Image
Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
I think 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole… — Niels Arden Oplev Copy Share Image
I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Characters who simply have goals opposed by others do not create the effects of a story.” — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws. — Joe Madureira Copy Share Image
I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Like every actor, I am always on the lookout for interesting characters. — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
