Characters Quotes · Page 55

Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You…

— James Frain

“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her…

— Shannon L. Alder

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into…

— Cassandra Clare

I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.

— Forest Whitaker

I, Lesley, I like looking nice. I like doing my hair and wearing makeup and wearing nice clothes. But I don't care…

— Lesley Manville

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

— Drew Goddard

I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a…

— Spike Jonze

Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't…

— Dan DeCarlo

I suppose I'm always trying to break down the wall between my characters and myself. I'm trying to make the film as…

— James Gray

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me…

— Ari Graynor

People don't understand how much time and work it takes to make somebody laugh, and how hard it is to write a…

— Marlon Wayans

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to…

— Derek Jacobi

Also the clothing, people often ask why I talk about what characters are wearing. And that's really important to me, because you…

— Jacqueline Winspear

People were fed up with reality shows about midgets getting married and weird Jerry Springer talk shows. There had been a real…

— Evangeline Lilly

What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are…

— Larenz Tate

It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but…

— Gina Holden

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show…

— Jefferson Mays

I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear.

— Theodore Melfi

You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what…

— Gerald Scarfe

I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out…

— Elle Fanning

If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty.

— Cliff Chiang

Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You…

— John Belushi

Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise.

— Ti West

The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

— Zara Phillips

“The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

My characters have never waged a war against any gender. They are all about friendship and being loyal to your friends.

— Kartik Aaryan

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

I've played a lot of these characters that aren't particularly pleasant and pretty powerful, bad people, and one thing I've discovered is…

— Richard Brake

Four directors through their own interpretation created four different characters. And I had to play them in a fairly short period of…

— IU

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you…

— Douglas Coupland

I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously.

— Paul Rudd

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well.…

— Dwayne Johnson

I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense…

— Emily Blunt

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

— Aaron Stanford

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about,…

— William Fichtner

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

— Barun Sobti

I've had a lot of characters and personalities, accents and different aspects from all the walks of my life.

— Princess Nokia

I am attracted to these outsider characters who just don't belong anywhere, and who are operating in worlds they sort of don't…

— Bennett Miller

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead…

— Jerry B. Jenkins