Characters Quotes · Page 14

All of these wonderful characters and opportunities come to me and I can't say no.

— Simone Missick

“A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.”

— Amit Kalantri

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

— Amit Kalantri

I want to play characters that are real, that have depth in them.

— Suniel Shetty

It would be interesting to get into two different get ups and play diverse characters.

— Shweta Menon

I've had the good fortune to play characters that have a role-model thing to them.

— Jimmy Smits

“But we're all characters in our own stories, Iggy.”

— Kate Klise

“Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.”

— Amit Kalantri

I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at…

— Hill Harper

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to…

— Sandrine Bonnaire

I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to…

— Sarah Gadon

I like characters that are complex. I don't like people who are simple to play and are either black or white.

— Neeraj Kabi

I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think…

— Magda Apanowicz

My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an…

— Charles Dance

There's no such thing as a perfect person, so it makes no sense to write a perfect person. I don't know any…

— David Levithan

I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film…

— Elizabeth Meriwether

I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice,…

— Julian Fellowes

I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as…

— James Franco

I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels…

— Willem Dafoe

“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that…

— Rex Stout

I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it…

— Sherwood Schwartz

I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the…

— Patricia Richardson

Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun…

— Yara Shahidi

I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

— Sidney Sheldon

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

— Benjamin Disraeli

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I'm stunned that people keep asking me to play characters I didn't expect to play.

— Mark Williams

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

I can't really compare them, all my characters are very close to my heart.

— Manoj Kumar

You can never know enough about your characters

— W. Somerset Maugham

Variety of characters and themes bring out the best in me.

— Priyamani

Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.

— Julian Barnes

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

— Paula Danziger

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”

— Amit Kalantri

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.

— Marya Hornbacher

But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.

— Aaron Eckhart

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri

I want to remove the curtain of pretence from all of my characters.

— Vikrant Massey