Characters Quotes · Page 23

“What luck has gave you will probably leave you.”

— Amit Kalantri

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

— Tim Curry

I don't choose characters with the intention of working something out in my personal life.

— Michael Pitt

It is my job to step into different characters.

— Amy Jackson

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

— Mia Wasikowska

Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.

— Julian Barnes

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

— Andrew Scott

I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them.

— Quentin Tarantino

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 an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.

— Anna Gunn

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

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

— Richard Masur

That's just what 'The 100' does. They like to put their characters in a position where no decision is the right one,…

— Bob Morley

I tend to play strong characters and people just assume that I would want to play romantic comedies, which I would love…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are…

— Steve Buscemi

I have this feeling of protectiveness over characters I want to play. I worry about them-if someone else gets the part, Im…

— Jennifer Lawrence

A great thing is happening on cable TV. You see characters change in stories over years, like in Tolstoy. That's a whole,…

— Mike Nichols

My last two characters have been Denethor and Walter Bishop. Both will be hard acts to follow. That sits in the hands…

— John Noble

You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and…

— Drew Goddard

With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had…

— Cary Fukunaga

One of those things that I like about TV is that if you get a group of people you like, you can…

— Denis Leary

I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes.

— Stan Lee

I have just been lucky to get challenging characters every time.

— Sriti Jha

I assume most of the characters I play are exactly like me.

— Jack Nicholson

I have been taught to do justice to the characters I play irrespective of the medium.

— Nikitin Dheer

I think I am fascinated with slightly tragic characters.

— Janhvi Kapoor

A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were.

— Izabella Scorupco

I toy around with the whole Biblical thing, just as amazing characters.

— Isaac Brock

“An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.”

— Amit Kalantri

Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found.

— Elizabeth Bowen

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

— Michael Scott

“People like to identify with characters in danger.”

— Rob Parnell

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

— J. August Richards

“If you can’t be of good character, write a good character.”

— Rosen Trevithick

“characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be”

— Thomas C. Foster

“I can't have my perfect love story but my characters will have.”

— R.K. Valka

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

— Michael K. Williams