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My two best-known characters were both named Tony. For most people, I'm just Tony-period. They've never thought of me as some other… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
I think it always makes for great television when two characters actually take time to realize that they want to be with… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - you're bringing these huge,… — Ashley Bell Copy Share Image
Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I think the best characters are people you're not sure of, that you keep on going: 'God, I hate that person,' but… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such… — John Banville Copy Share Image
The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Part of the core of my system, is a way of trying to give the characters more control. If I'm practicing making… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21 actors. With 'Love Life,' there are… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
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As an actor, I've been all over the map, but since I've moved to Hollywood, people tend to cast me in these… — Kevin Durand Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Don't let anyone tell you can't act. People think that models are bad actresses because they think that they're beautiful mannequins that… — Julia Voth Copy Share Image
When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should… — Sherwood Schwartz Copy Share Image
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I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking… — Mark Harmon Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in writing an actual series, that doesn't have too much to do with my music - a world I… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate:… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My favorite TV couple is Edith and Archie Bunker. Because they were such individuals that I can't imagine anyone else playing them.… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice,… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as… — James Franco Copy Share Image
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I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it… — Sherwood Schwartz Copy Share Image
