Characters Quotes · Page 38

Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough.…

— Sacha Dhawan

In 'Garden Party' or '40 Days and 40 Nights,' I played characters who people don't necessarily like; I just find some humanity…

— Vinessa Shaw

I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership.…

— Andy Serkis

Usually, family films have characters speaking with each other with much dignity and respect.

— Sunny Deol

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

— Jodelle Ferland

I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.

— Irvine Welsh

I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever…

— Robin Wasserman

There are, of course, fat characters in books out there, some of them quite enduring and famous. But they tend to be…

— Michelle Dean

With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters.…

— Sammi Hanratty

When I was growing up, we didn't have 'Will & Grace.' The one gay character was Monroe from 'Too Close For Comfort'…

— Guillermo Diaz

The funny thing is you oddly don't really say goodbye to all the characters you've played. There's like a chest of drawers…

— Johnny Depp

The secret at the heart of 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' is something everybody, except for some of the characters, knows in Chapter…

— Kim Edwards

Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I have learned never to judge any of the characters that I portay. Sometimes that is difficult to do because as a…

— Chloe Grace Moretz

Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I…

— Christopher Durang

Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt…

— Deborah Moggach

When I play characters, I like playing people who just comment on stuff, stand around and talk.

— Taika Waititi

I don't want to write lines where characters tell me exactly how they feel; I want to see people talk about anything…

— Tobias Lindholm

I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.

— Jennifer Lawrence

I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists…

— Laurie Graham

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and…

— Orlando Bloom

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we…

— Kathy Bates

I love bridge-and-tunnel characters. In some respects, they have a chip on their shoulders, but they're proud of where they're from. They're…

— Max Joseph

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

— Gina Holden

We're characters not of this world, so our knowledge about stuff, that other character's don't have, is quite fun.

— Tom Ellis

So many fantastic male characters are brooding, angry, and not nice; that doesn't happen as much with women.

— Georgina Campbell

I pretty much always choose characters. That's what I do. That's what I look for. I look for dynamics in a script…

— Grant Bowler

Our characters were antiseptic but we weren't. And if you remember what we did on BATMAN, as the scripts were written very…

— Burt Ward

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and…

— Colleen Atwood

His soul is in his stories. I once asked him who inspired him to create his characters, and his answer was no…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

After the complex characters in 'Mayaanadhi' and 'Varathan,' my characters in 'Vijay Superum Pournamiyum' and 'Argentina Fans Kaattoorkkadavu' were bubbly ones.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters…

— Kari Matchett

I hope to do multiple characters throughout my life that are separate from me. I think it's a cop-out if you play…

— Kat Graham

You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to…

— Dana Brunetti

Since I came at 'Godot' from a God-based frame of mind, it didn't strike me as absurdist. It struck me as characters…

— Michael Schultz

Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in gold.

— Audrey Meadows

I will play the characters with last names like Sanchez and Gonzalez until the day I die, but I also want to…

— Gina Rodriguez

Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime.

— Mia Maestro

“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.”

— Jay Parini

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

— Alexia Fast