I think the most interesting characters are those in which…

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really…

— Zooey Deschanel

What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

— Mike Birbiglia

I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like,…

— Stephen Graham

I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.

— Julian McMahon

People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.

— Paul Schrader

There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters and not…

— Michelle Dockery

If you cared enough about your characters, what happened to them was interesting... It's important to care about them. About who they are and…

— Neil Gaiman

Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to…

— Charles Dickens

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with…

— Kelly Reilly

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them…

— Mitch Albom

... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…

— Charles Dickens

It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides.

— Bill Luther

There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.

— Jimmy Carter

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about…

— James Bovard

I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

— Tom Segev