“characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be” — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres. — Andrew Scott Copy Share Image
I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones. — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
Since 'Heroes' started, I've probably had about 15 or 16 film scripts sent to me with Indian characters, and out of those,… — Sendhil Ramamurthy Copy Share Image
The same characters that keep reappearing, bigger than life, find their own integrity in doing what they do the way they do… — Robert Aldrich Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that. — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
My initial years on TV have been fulfilling with the kind of shows that I have done and the characters I have… — Mohit Raina Copy Share Image
I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I am a huge comic book nerd and video game nerd, so to get to actually play one of those characters would… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters. — Severo Ochoa Copy Share Image
Over the years, people have asked me, 'Do you think there should be a separate category for acting in the digital realm?… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Because I never plan anything out ahead of time, I'm always in the process of learning about my characters. Without a biographical… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
What makes characters real are details, and if you're crafting a person from scratch, you're probably not going to pay as much… — Gina Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
On reading the first part of Anthony Powell's four-part masterpiece, 'A Dance to the Music of Time,' I was struck by one… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
“The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think they’re the only really sensible people—the off-beat characters who don’t make sense at all. They create their own world… — Cameron Hawley Copy Share Image
“Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness;… — G. A. HENTY Copy Share Image
Everything I make is with intention. I'm not very haphazard with my artist work, although I wish I was sometimes. I'm very… — Xaviera Simmons Copy Share Image
I think sometimes people become quite emotional about the characters as well, and that's pretty cool that you can get that emotion… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
“My problem as a writer is that—whenever I meet someone for the first time—I immediately invent for them a personality and background… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
“My characters push the limits of the envelope when it comes to passion, love, and lust. They can be as elegant and… — Neale Sourna Copy Share Image
“No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
