Characters Quotes · Page 5

I love con-men characters in film.

— Simon Baker

I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.

— Donald Trump

I'm about my characters.

— Abel Ferrara

I never act my characters - I am them.

— Drew Barrymore

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

— Henry David Thoreau

My characters always like themselves.

— Amy Sedaris

I really believe in the characters I play.

— Minnie Driver

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco

I have been taught to do justice to the characters I play irrespective of the medium.

— Nikitin Dheer

“I write because, if I don't, my characters will murder me in my sleep.”

— Anonymous

“What luck has gave you will probably leave you.”

— Amit Kalantri

I don't choose characters with the intention of working something out in my personal life.

— Michael Pitt

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

— Tim Curry

It is my job to step into different characters.

— Amy Jackson

I've gotten really good at not judging characters.

— Sebastian Stan

I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.

— Allison Scagliotti

“She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.”

— Daniel Handler

I would do 'Superbad,' and the next offers you would get would all be crazy cop characters or crazy security guards or…

— Bill Hader

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But…

— Louis Sachar

“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!" ( Letter to Alexander Chekhov , May 10, 1886)”

— Anton Chekhov

Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray…

— James D'arcy

I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually…

— Arnaud Desplechin

I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary,…

— Mariella Frostrup

I don't really base any of my characters on specific people that I know, although my characters are informed by the kind…

— Jesmyn Ward

I think for me, the imaginary world was always exciting. I started in New York doing theatre, from having just one person…

— Dilshad Vadsaria

Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you.…

— Liz Tuccillo

'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists…

— S. E. Hinton

I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain,…

— Eddie Marsan

I've played historical characters before, and I think the trap of all of them is if you try to do an impression.…

— Tim Matheson

My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working…

— Nick Cassavetes

This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how…

— Gail Honeyman

I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I…

— Andie MacDowell

I don't know who they are[my characters] . They're entirely invented characters. Maybe that's how I've been able to write so many…

— T.C. Boyle

I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad…

— Steven Knight

I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted.…

— Chris Abani

“Heavy is the head that holds the pen of creation. We construct these characters from nothing, molding them from our imaginations. We…

— Jennifer A. Marsh

“I have closed my study door on the world and shut myself away with people of my imagination. For nearly sixty years…

— Diane Setterfield

“Outside Styx's apartment was not the first time Rochester and I had met, or would it be the last. We first encountered…

— Jasper Fforde

The meek are positive and often colorful characters. They are not self-assertive nor self-seeking, to be sure, but rather they are unselfish…

— V. Raymond Edman

“Anita Kleinman was a slight woman in her seventies. Her hair was thinning and white with a touch of pink, and was…

— Frederick Weisel