Characters Quotes · Page 42

“Accept the unknown. There are no secondary characters. Each one is silhouetted against the sky. All have the same stature. Within a…

— John Berger

I've always known that I'm very, very ordinary looking. But I'm not alien looking. I am an artist here to play characters.

— Dhanush

There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds…

— Tara Strong

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why…

— Ally Carter

One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the…

— Jackie Tabick

I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.

— Sam Underwood

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

— Jaideep Ahlawat

I always try to get as personal as I can with the characters that I play, which is a reason why I…

— Romany Malco

You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you're passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel…

— Jonathan Dee

All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some…

— Suzanne Collins

... characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a…

— Milan Kundera

It's always good I think in general to have different energies on screen, like it's nice to have different characters go at…

— Jim Carrey

Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that…

— Mark Frost

As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing…

— Sanaa Lathan

I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his…

— Jason Lutes

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

— Robert Boswell

“Readers often root for characters that are innocent victims – or who are subjected to forces beyond their control.”

— Rob Parnell

I like to play these unconventional characters, yes. They're close to the way I feel as a human being.

— Ken Stott

I really liked the idea of playing - I won't say the underdog - but characters who have a lot of conflict.

— Joshua Henry

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is,…

— Hank Azaria

I've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are…

— Lauren Lapkus

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where…

— Gale Anne Hurd

As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.

— Elizabeth Berg

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can…

— Ashwin Sanghi

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 think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make everything - to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just…

— Timur Bekmambetov

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all…

— Morgan Freeman

The scene is never really about moving the story forward on 'Breaking Bad.' That's the functional veneer of the scene, but it's…

— George Mastras

It's difficult because usually when they cast things, the main characters are Caucasian in absolutely almost every situation.

— Sandrine Holt

I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.

— John Irving

There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story.…

— Carlton Cuse

I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write,…

— Aaron Sorkin

I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view.

— Margaret Atwood

Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.

— Alexander McCall Smith

What's so amazing about 'All in the Family' is sometimes an entire act was one camera shot. It was all about characters.

— Adam Green

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.

— Alan Rickman

There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters…

— Michelle Dockery

I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.

— Ann Patchett

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or…

— Madchen Amick

I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore…

— Sophie Kinsella