It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave…

The dark grave, which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim the fatal doubt once cast on a woman's name.

— George Herbert

I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very…

— Judd Apatow

I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the…

— Colin Firth

But, it takes some of the characters to some very dark places, and they start doing things that they might not do, if they…

— Kyra Zagorsky

I've played characters who are dark and have done things I never have experienced, which is why I try to find the reasons why…

— Michael Eklund

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

— Sonia Braga

Well, that's the great thing about indie film, in general. If it's not subject to the constraints of too much pressure from the studio…

— Ty Burrell

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think…

— Julian McMahon

Even good characters have their dark sides, and I think it is important that women aren't seen as innately good.

— Gillian Flynn

Everyone relates to the heroes - that's why they're the heroes. But I've realized there are just more layers to characters who have been…

— Charlie Plummer

I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

— Tilda Swinton

“within yourself, you became a grave for her as you were a grave for Chet, and you carried your dead unquietly within you. —”

— Wallace Stegner

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

— Seneca the Younger

“If Abraham Lincoln were alive now, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford

Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not…

— Madeleine M. Kunin