One of the great lessons I learned about historical…

'Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married…

— Nancy Horan

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of…

— Paul Dano

Sometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't mind that.…

— Isabelle Huppert

Because I grew up in Africa, I always see people and try to understand characters as what kind of animal they'd be.

— Richard E. Grant

It's through the voice that I tend to figure out the character (and through dialogue that I come to understand other characters).

— Teddy Wayne

I always have to find things that I relate to and understand in the characters that I play; otherwise, it won't feel that authentic.

— KiKi Layne

The more you understand me, the less characters I can play.

— Skeet Ulrich

Without sounding defensive, I would say that sometimes TV critics assume that after a few episodes the writers 'finally understand the characters,' and as…

— Jesse Armstrong

To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing is you've…

— Stan Lee

The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to…

— Simon Kinberg

I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.

— Dacia Maraini

A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a…

— Susan Minot

A judicious reticence is hard to learn, but it is one of the great lessons of life.

— Lord Chesterfield

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don't want so…

— Jim Carrey

“There are often great lessons to be learned at the roots of stress, drama, and heartache. Don’t let the magnitude of the circumstance blind…

— Steve Maraboli