Characters Quotes · Page 37

I don't think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as…

— Paul Auster

Besides, it doesn't make any sense to have these characters living in the year 3000 when all their points of reference are…

— Joel Hodgson

I love gritty drama. I'm passionate about films and drama that make you think - hard-hitting, gravelly characters.

— Emma Rigby

I've played a couple of gay characters onstage, and it's always been something I'm comfortable with. I grew up in a family…

— Seth Numrich

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”

— Amit Kalantri

Even good characters have their dark sides, and I think it is important that women aren't seen as innately good.

— Gillian Flynn

You have to make sure you have the characters you want. That's really the most complicated part.

— Joan Didion

I think that's what makes characters interesting - when you paint a person into a corner, and you see what they do…

— Andre Holland

'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about…

— Avan Jogia

I think I'm a part of all the characters I play, definitely at different times in my life. In real life, I'm…

— Sprague Grayden

Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that…

— Betsy Byars

When you're in L.A., and you're making movies and that kind of stuff, you don't really get a sense sometimes, I think,…

— Kevin Heffernan

If you look at the rest of my stuff, I always play characters that kind of don't look like me, 'cause I…

— Victor Rasuk

Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They…

— Viggo Mortensen

While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which…

— Elizabeth George

I like playing complex, interesting characters. Sometimes I don't think there's much of a strong line between right and wrong for a…

— Kevin Bacon

My characters are always people who are a bit delusional about how great they are. Like they're losing their minds, but they're…

— Megan Stalter

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common…

— Sarah Lancashire

Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free…

— Margaret Foley

You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I've been doing are based on different people I…

— Danny McBride

The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere.

— Ridley Scott

I guess I've always been drawn to roles that have smart characters commenting on what's happening around them.

— Alia Shawkat

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make…

— Dana Carvey

I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters.

— Miranda Otto

I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed…

— Eugene Levy

I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.

— Orlando Bloom

“Most people carry their demons around with them, buried down deep inside. Writers wrestle their demons to the surface, fling them onto…

— CK Webb

“I won't sacrifice my characters morals/intentions/motives for the sake of what I believe is right or wrong. If the action fits the…

— James DeSantis

I believe the audience likes to see well-defined characters on screen than just larger-than-life heroes.

— Nani

I may have a story idea but everything starts moving when I am able to see my characters clearly. They then organically…

— Kanika Dhillon

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

— Anthony Horowitz

I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.

— J. R. Bourne

I have done a wide range of characters and getting acknowledged as a comedian is encouraging for me as an actor.

— Biju Menon

Multifaceted and textured characters are always more intriguing to me. You never really just want to play one note. It becomes a…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys,…

— Barry Eisler

I do play all the characters, when I write them, one after another. If they actually had to film me, the only…

— George R. R. Martin

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story…

— John Lasseter

“An author who does not support his or her characters does not deserve the support of readers. EVER!”

— Johanna Oznowicz

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

— Anna Paquin

If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business…

— Michael Eisner