Often my characters have some kind of idealism or grand…

“What's the bee in your bonnet? Seems to be some kind of idealism.”

— Robert Musil

There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I think people now can respond not only…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of…

— Joel Coen

It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are…

— George R. R. Martin

I think people are getting into these 'Empire' songs because of the emotional investment they have in the characters. You kind of feel like…

— Ne-Yo

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

— Holland Taylor

I think it's amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters - kind of like watching Laurel and Hardy…

— Stephen Hillenburg

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most…

— Maeve Binchy

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people…

— Maeve Binchy

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

— Fred Melamed

Fantasmas' is very empathetic toward everyone who's onscreen. The characters are the kind of people you bump into that you might never see again…

— Julio Torres

I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to…

— Richard Price

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people…

— Alexa Vega

I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important…

— Noelle Stevenson

If you look at the rest of my stuff, I always play characters that kind of don't look like me, 'cause I love transforming…

— Victor Rasuk