Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters…

You make adjustments according to the specifics of the character.It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done. It's…

— Ed Helms

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

— Tracy Morgan

With a lot of my comedic heroes, I'm trying to make sure that, wherever they might have gotten off-track a bit, I've learned that…

— Keegan-Michael Key

It's a fascinating culture [the South in the Civil War period] and so rife with comedic possibilities. And not in a way that...I have…

— Ed Helms

I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability.

— Stephan Pastis

Yes, I certainly look for strong characters - whether that means they're strong in their vulnerability or strong in the way they might be…

— Vicky McClure

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity…

— Kathryn Bigelow

It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your…

— Patrick Rothfuss

As a woman, I don't feel like I have a responsibility to create better female characters. I feel like I have a responsibility to…

— Courtney A. Kemp

As actors, we have to take characters, and we have to feel for them and ultimately become them, and share that on screen so…

— Ross Butler

“Some writers need to sink in order to feel what their characters feel; in order to write their characters with the truest feeling possible.…

— Lori Lifsey

You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be…

— Jennifer Egan

I'm grateful that so many viewers have related to characters I've played. I think many in the audience see themselves in my characters or…

— Hwang Jung-eum

My attitudes aren't directed toward characters at all. I don't feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don't love some characters, feel…

— Don DeLillo

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

— Randa Abdel-Fattah