To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theater. That's a great experience, but… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My books are love stories at core, really. But I am interested in manifestations of love beyond the traditional romantic notion. In… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
I think it's fun to play with worlds that you can add a lot of your own imagination to. With 'True Blood,'… — Deborah Ann Woll Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in going to casting after casting, trying to get into that game. So there is a part of me… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
The few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
My favorite part about working in theater is the rehearsal process. I absolutely love the rehearsal process. Working out the characters, figuring… — Joseph Gatt Copy Share Image
Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal -… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places.… — Jonathan Jackson Copy Share Image
I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Characters in Hollywood movies encounter a lot of car chases. Characters in novels rarely wash their hands or do their laundry. And… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I do not choose characters because I think, 'Wow, that woman is so strong.' I chose these characters with utmost conviction because… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
It's very important that all the supporting characters feel like they've existed in the world, that they've had a history, and they'll… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
“Not so with our characters. They have no metaphysics, no order, no law. They are miserable and they don’t know why. They… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
I like to create characters that are larger than life. But it's funny because I do a lot of bad guys, and… — Peter Stormare Copy Share Image
“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of… — Jessie Chandler Copy Share Image
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I don't have a preference for bad people, no. I have an interest in playing a broad range of characters. Obviously, I'm… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
I usually focus on the whole group of characters in any given work-in-progress, and as a result they become particularly dear to… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“I don’t recommend emulating the behavior of any of the characters contained within. They’re all quite mad. The truth is, I have… — Lev A.C. Rosen Copy Share Image
When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure;… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
For Marvel, we've never looked at any of our characters in terms of gender, race, or religion. It truly is about, who… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
To the image of the characters, I do change my appearance. For example, I gain weight and I lose weight sometimes, and… — Min-sik Choi Copy Share Image
With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
There's something about uninterrupted singing that just doesn't work for me, because at some point, I need my characters to talk. Without… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I was kind of a cross between Kristy and Mary Anne among 'The Baby-Sitters Club' characters. I was shy, but I was… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
The characters I'm most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You don't see them regularly… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of… — Aaron Stanford Copy Share Image
Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
There's not one thing that inspires me the most. Me and my friends joke around with each other and hang out so… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
Cliched characters are cliches because they're people being described by people who are on the outside. If you take two sentences from… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
In animation, you can throw away people's defense. You can go right to the center of things, right through inside someone's heart.… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
A lot of characters that are from the Midwest are not bad people, but they just believe in really different things. And… — Megan Stalter Copy Share Image
In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be.… — Kyra Sedgwick Copy Share Image
A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
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