Characters Quotes · Page 39

I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.

— Mark Harmon

That's just part of being in 'X-Men.' There's, like, 20 main characters, and 15 of them are household names, so obviously you're…

— Aaron Stanford

I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have…

— Georgia Groome

There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have…

— Aubrey Plaza

I dont really like simple characters too much; its too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Sometimes I'll go on a Twitter spree and reply as much as I can. Talking to my fans is so much fun…

— Jordin Sparks

Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.

— Jessie Buckley

I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of…

— Diana Gabaldon

All of the characters I've played are my babies, but I do have a very special affinity for Ursula. I think she…

— Leslie Grossman

I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to…

— J. August Richards

All the Disney lead male characters always have this kind of John Davidson kind of look to them. They all look like…

— Mike Judge

I studied classics, and I find it mystifying that we had Medea and Electra and Antigone and all these amazing characters, and…

— Alice Lowe

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on…

— Dylan McDermott

I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because…

— Kate Winslet

Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were the first seven years…

— Jerry Robinson

A lot of banging in the head has built up over the decades, and for my own sanity, I needed to write.…

— Martin Donovan

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context…

— Randy Couture

I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles…

— Courtney Ford

It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.

— Kevin Nealon

I love to laugh and dance. That's kind of my nature, though I end up always playing these angry, depressing characters.

— Brendan Sexton III

There are some similarities, I think, with all the characters I play. I'm not a guy who sees the desire to transform…

— Jake Johnson

I've played a lot of characters who are creeps or weirdos, with a deep darkness underneath the surface.

— Zach Woods

All my characters are quite relatable, as they are flawed, true, and honest. All of us are flawed; nobody is pure and…

— Vikrant Massey

“...it's not the stories - it's the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories…

— John Geddes

The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of…

— Tom Hardy

Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by…

— John Lasseter

I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul.…

— Kate Braverman

I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved…

— Marti Noxon

Women remain dramatically under-represented as characters in film when compared to their representation in the U.S. population.

— Sharon Lawrence

I've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera.

— Bruce Campbell

I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren't afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even…

— Matt Dillon

A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.

— Anthony Browne

I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just turn it…

— Harland Williams

I'm personally not terribly interested in designing wholesome characters, so I don't have many variations to offer.

— Akira Toriyama

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make…

— Kathryn Lasky

I think everybody likes to play the villain. Theyre always much more interesting characters.

— Maria Doyle Kennedy

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that…

— Isabel Allende

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

— Rick Riordan

Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change…

— Nicole Holofcener

That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.

— Taika Waititi