Characters Quotes · Page 12

When you watch films, there are so many different types of characters you want to portray.

— Rhea Chakraborty

I'm drawn to playing characters who are terribly flawed and have no idea about it.

— Catherine O'Hara

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”

— Amit Kalantri

Well, having no real skills, I always try to play characters close to myself.

— Seth Rogen

We will win with character, not with characters.

— Bob Weltlich

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

— Judy Blume

In the overall scheme of things, Tommy Dreamer and The Franchise are opposite characters.

— Shane Douglas

At the end of the day, I write characters that I want to play, because I just think, 'Hey, maybe one day…

— Diana Silvers

I tend to use a lot of movement in both camera and characters, and I also tend to give characters a lot…

— Kari Skogland

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but…

— Katherine Paterson

“As long as there have been stories, there have been characters that refuse to stick to the outline.”

— Suzanne Selfors

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

— Jodi Picoult

I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even…

— Richard Masur

I loved Gwyneth Paltrow in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' and Reese Witherspoon in 'Election.' I love quirky films and characters like that.

— Phoebe Tonkin

The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as…

— Lisa Kleypas

I suppose that the sympathetic/unsympathetic debate about characters sometimes feels to me like a misstatement of purpose. I always think of truly…

— Rick Moody

Watching 'Doctor Who' in the United States meant I was always behind the times - PBS didn't get new episodes until two…

— Seanan McGuire

Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in…

— Kate Braverman

Acting is fascinating to me. I love unlocking the mysteries with characters and finding out what would be the most intriguing aspect…

— Amanda Schull

I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like…

— Jamie Dornan

Part of me wants to be married and have everybody around the table for Christmas. But when you're married, your life becomes…

— Cindy Williams

When my characters are questioning things, it's not me leading up to an answer; it's me asking those same questions and letting…

— Sara Zarr

Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in…

— R. A. Salvatore

I love playing characters who are opposite of who I am.

— Maiara Walsh

At the end of the day, I want to play characters that interest me.

— Thomas Middleditch

Notable characters do not alone bear trouble; they use it.

— Hugh B. Brown

“Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty.”

— Amit Kalantri

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

— Kurt Sutter

For years, humorous characters in cartoons have been almost exclusively male.

— Paul Dini

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

— Meat Loaf

I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.

— Elizabeth Strout

“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.”

— Amit Kalantri

It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

The negative characters made me very popular but were getting too monotonous.

— Sudha Chandran

“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.”

— Amit Kalantri

Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.

— Max von Sydow

“There are 26 characters in the alphabet, and what characters they are! Especially Q.”

— Jarod Kintz

I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

— Anton Yelchin