I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play. — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“An author who does not support his or her characters does not deserve the support of readers. EVER!” — Johanna Oznowicz Copy Share Image
The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I may have a story idea but everything starts moving when I am able to see my characters clearly. They then organically… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
I believe the audience likes to see well-defined characters on screen than just larger-than-life heroes. — Nani Copy Share Image
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I've been doing are based on different people I… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free… — Margaret Foley Copy Share Image
I sometimes get asked: 'How come the men in your stories don't have such strong characters?' And I'm like: 'I don't care.'… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
In older science fiction stories, they had to rely on storytelling as opposed to spectacle. The old run of the 'Twilight Zone,'… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
Those are the kinds of roles you can really sink your teeth into. Characters with an edge. When you're playing someone who's… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
There are certain early plays of mine that I really don't like, but I can't imagine going back and fixing them. I… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me,… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Very rarely am I attracted to characters that are 'woe is me.' I'm not a big fan of women that have to… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I learned that characters are funniest when they don't really know what they're doing. — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them. — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way! — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I'm still really fascinated with characters and people and telling their stories. — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women. — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
I don't want to do loud roles. I want to play some realistic characters. — Mallika Sherawat Copy Share Image
