I think I have so much more to accomplish in this world of acting. There are many different types of characters I… — Dilshad Vadsaria Copy Share Image
Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
'Something Borrowed' is looking like a romantic comedy, but it's a comedy. It shines as a comedy; it's definitely not just about… — Ashley Williams Copy Share Image
I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of girl characters in anything usually end up being either extremely tough or extremely ditzy. There's always… — Pendleton Ward Copy Share Image
I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“And thus it happens that the reader, the closer he comes to the novel's end, the more he wishes he were back… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers,… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times stereotypes come when there are disconnected white writers who maybe have two or three black friends,… — Dorian Missick Copy Share Image
I don't play comedy as comedy. That would be the biggest trap. I think about the characters and their situations. Then you… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The reason I like 'Breaking Bad,' which is still probably my favorite show, is Walter White. You watch him transform, and that's… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along.… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I can't tell you why I keep getting asked to play gay characters, but I never really considered 'gay' as an adjective,… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances… — Erich Hoeber Copy Share Image
I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
At the heart of every successful romance novel lies the evolution of its characters. Through love, heroes and heroines grow not only… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I find that I relate to most of the characters that I play on a really personal level, just because we're the… — Kathryn Newton Copy Share Image
Ultimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. I didn't go out looking for negative… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
In theater, you go in-depth with your character, so coming to the States, it was inevitable to dig into the pilots I… — Adan Canto Copy Share Image
You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got… — Harvey Korman Copy Share Image
I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reforms,… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
It's something I'd find rather distracting in a historical piece, looking at characters that have obviously just gotten off their Ab Blaster.… — Tom Weston-Jones Copy Share Image
These characters, they have to evolve. They're getting older on the show, these are things that happen in everyone's life. People do… — Kunal Nayyar Copy Share Image
There are not many characters for kids that have much depth, and she really has a quality to her. She has an… — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
After we'd filmed one series of 'Kiss Me Kate,' everyone was saying: 'The guy's got great comic timing,' - that was the… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that you can go down the list and say, "Oh, these are cliches, we've seen this before,… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I think all my characters haunt me. Especially the real-life ones, like Master Chief Carl Brashear, the Tuskagee Airmen. Every time I… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
Obviously, a lot of TV shows are based on chronological episode viewing, and the stories are contingent upon watching it in order.… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
“Who loses hope first? And who never gives up? Because it’s not the supernatural abilities that set mythical characters apart. It’s the… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
A film that I love is 'Deliverance' from back in the day. You start out with these archetypal characters - the hero,… — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
