Character Want Quotes

I work according to the kind of character they want me to play.

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

With any character, you want the audience to at least empathize.

— Tobias Segal

Character I want to be: "Blunt Talk's".

— Seth MacFarlane

“Make a character want something — that’s how you begin.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Every character has to want something, even if it's only a glass of water.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I think it's about finding the character you want to play and the people you want to work with.

— Eric McCormack

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then…

— William H. Macy

“A character’s want is a superficial conscious desire for the thing they think they need in order to present themselves to the…

— John Yorke

If it's a good story or if it's a character I want to act in, I end up wanting to do it.

— Kwak Dong-yeon

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Whether I'm interested [in something] or not, step one is read the script and figure out if a character is someone I'd…

— Alexander Skarsgard

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

— Coco Martin

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it…

— Clive Owen

Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit…

— Miranda Otto

You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work…

— Viola Davis

Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters…

— Patrick Rothfuss

What I want to do now is to play a dark character. I want a role that taps into my dark side…

— Chunky Pandey

When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive…

— Dan Amboyer

For me, intrigue is a pretty powerful emotion. If you want to know more about a character, if you want to understand…

— A Fine Frenzy

When I play a gay character, I want to be as believable as possible. And when I'm playing a straight character, I…

— Sean Hayes

When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint…

— Lorraine Toussaint

I believe I never finished playing Sherry Palmer, that's why when the thought they shot and killed me, Penny's butt kept breathing…

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create…

— Giancarlo Esposito

I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get…

— Jay Ellis

Both are two different things. As a VJ, you are yourself. But as an actor, you are playing a character that you…

— Rhea Chakraborty

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

— Bill Skarsgard

Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.

— Daryl Hannah

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

— Dominic Cooper

When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.

— Chadwick Boseman

Every time I do a film, I have to make sure that when someone looks at me, they can't recognise Disha. It…

— Disha Patani

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how…

— Julianna Baggott

I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because…

— James Gandolfini

My fans and people who know of my character want to see me become more successful.

— Tila Tequila

Never name a show after a character if you want to be the guy running the show.

— Bruno Heller

I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I…

— Jim Parsons

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

— Julia Roberts

I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some…

— Nicolas Cage

I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

— Dorothy Allison