Characters Quotes · Page 52

When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's…

— Emily Giffin

Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write -…

— Karen Traviss

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just…

— Angelina Jolie

I felt they had really moved the characters in a direction that was very interesting. The family had really felt the impact…

— JoBeth Williams

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is…

— Cate Blanchett

I love playing real characters... if they're not around anymore it's helpful because you won't get sued! But there's so much research…

— Andy Serkis

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to…

— Claire Danes

People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.

— Mike White

To portray an iconic character has been brilliant in itself, and to be able to do that on a show like 'Once…

— Robbie Kay

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot…

— Robert Harris

I'm mostly a historical romance reader, but I never miss a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. Her characters are larger than life and…

— Julia Quinn

I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, 'I can face it'. That, to me, is happy. I…

— Cecelia Ahern

As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things that I'm about that I've…

— Carmen Ejogo

'Agent Mom' is a perfect opportunity for me to do what I love... develop characters, act and take incredible stories to my…

— Alaina Huffman

I make a deal with the audience every time I direct a movie. The deal always is this: I'm showing you this…

— Frank Oz

I'm always amazed by people like David Simon or the people at The Simpsons or J.K. Rowling who can create dozens and…

— Drew Magary

I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a…

— Matthew Perry

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety…

— Danielle Macdonald

I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies.

— Colm Feore

You have to get rid of characters to make room for new ones, but you also have to recognize when things are…

— Matt Lucas

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and…

— Pablo Schreiber

I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.

— Selma Blair

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

— Stephanie Leonidas

Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately.

— Laila Robins

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.

— Jeanette Winterson

The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel…

— Jason Katims

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the…

— Francine Rivers

Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a…

— Ron Cephas Jones

Yet as a director, I don't feel you have to identify with your characters as a requirement to make a movie.

— David Fincher

My best writing has to do with an internal process that I'm working out unconsciously and put into my characters.

— Lyle Kessler

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to…

— Shemar Moore

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a…

— Esai Morales

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

— Rob Liefeld

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort…

— Brent Weeks

I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within…

— Marie Trintignant

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted…

— Caroline Dhavernas

I have a lot of people in my life who are truly ridiculous characters, and they're very, very funny people, but they…

— Emile Hirsch