Characters Quotes · Page 26

“Characters are limbs that writers use to kill with.”

— Joseph Eastwood

In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

— Tcheky Karyo

You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply…

— Walter Kirn

Every day, I learn something new. I think one of the most exciting things for a writer is to work on a…

— Elizabeth Meriwether

I have no complaints from my characters, be it in 'Commando' or 'Gangs of Wasseypur' everyone on those films was grey.

— Jaideep Ahlawat

'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the…

— Matt Reeves

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have…

— Jonathan Evison

I wrote for 'The Sopranos' and worked on big, blustery characters for quite a while.

— Terence Winter

The reason that some motion-capture films don't work is if the scripts are not good, and the characters aren't engaging, then you…

— Andy Serkis

“One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say…

— Robert Boswell

I want to play good characters, not glamorous ones.

— Poonam Dhillon

The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.

— Katherine Moennig

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original.…

— Chris Carter

I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories.…

— R. Kelly

My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - you're bringing these huge,…

— Ashley Bell

I'd like to guest star on 'Game of Thrones.' I love period pieces and dark material. I think the show has a…

— Kyle Schmid

I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.

— Orhan Pamuk

I'm a big kid, I'm a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner…

— Corey Feldman

Superheroes are modern mythological characters, so you're going to make them look impossible. Even my Krypto The Superdog is the idealisation of…

— Jim Lee

“Never let your character say "how could it get any worse"....it always does.”

— Kimi Alexandre

To some degree, Hollywood doesn't know what to do with me because the characters I do are so different. But hopefully, that…

— Sharlto Copley

I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.

— Colin Trevorrow