Sometimes it takes the story to grow, for the real…

TV is a safe place to develop real characters.

— Doug Liman

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you…

— Loretta Swit

The most real characters in a great play are those who are so meticulously drawn that the audience could predict how many pairs of…

— Kevin Hassett

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public;…

— Maria Edgeworth

I wanted to create a game (EarthBound) with real characters; characters whom players would recognize in the people around them.

— Shigesato Itoi

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their…

— David O. Russell

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and…

— Sara Paretsky

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

— Tony Goldwyn

MASH offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you…

— Loretta Swit

In my horror movies, I was always trying to deal with real characters and real character drama played by good actors... Laura Linney, Ethan…

— Scott Derrickson

I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of.…

— Doug Liman

The audience in the country has evolved, and for them, it is about real characters.

— Pankaj Tripathi

“Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being.”

— Ken Scott

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

— Adepero Oduye

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

— Oscar Wilde