A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

It's rather disconcerting to sit around a table in a critique of someone else's work, only to realize that the antagonist in the story…

— Michelle Richmond

I think you've really got to cling to what makes sense to you. Obviously, I'm not a serial murderer in my real life, so…

— Jamie Dornan

I really enjoy those characters like 'Profit.' With those elements that are shady and dark, you're not responsible for being a likable character. Like…

— Adrian Pasdar

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

— Ben Dolnick

There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's…

— Tom Seaver

Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break. It's also about how much you can handle after you're…

— Anonymous

The predominant difference between television and film is the pace to which you work, but the development of the character or the process for…

— Elijah Wood

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

“The presentation of self in everyday life. This guy Goffman had the idea that in different situations, you perform yourself differently. Your character isn’t…

— E. Lockhart

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character…

— Stephen Dillane

I gauge if I can create a different a woman. But sometimes, you feel the character isn't given enough space to perform.

— Supriya Pathak

A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense.…

— Rex Stout

Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about how much you can handle after you've…

— Anonymous

The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who…

— Pilou Asbaek

Scooby's the greatest cartoon character ever. He isn't cute like Mickey or smart like Bugs or fearless like Woody and Buzz - he's a…

— James Gunn