Characters Quotes · Page 43

What I've learnt from 'Friends' is don't let the characters get together because then it won't be as good afterwards.

— Josh Widdicombe

I love characters that are awkward and flawed, I think we're all kind of like that no matter how together we tend…

— Erin Daniels

The characters I've always been drawn to are real and flawed. That's not how women have always been portrayed.

— Kiernan Shipka

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

— Dario Argento

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

— Robert Webb

I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of…

— J. J. Abrams

Every one of his characters has their own idea, their own thing they want to express. Dostoevsky just lets them do it.

— Svetlana Alexievich

What I learned from doing 'The Graduate' was it doesn't matter what the medium is... as long as the material is inspiring…

— Alicia Silverstone

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they…

— Neil Jordan

When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was…

— Eamonn Walker

I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When…

— Matt Schulze

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting…

— Matt Barr

Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading…

— Shoshannah Stern

The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun…

— Marin Ireland

We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I…

— Jennifer Saunders

I'd watched every episode of 'True Blood' from the very beginning. The show's characters were in my blood, so when I started,…

— Robert Kazinsky

When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters…

— Vicky McClure

There are no black and white, good or bad characters in 'Game Of Thrones,' but Joffrey was an exception. Just pure evil.

— Sophie Turner

I've mostly worked in weird films playing weird characters, probably because I'm a weird person.

— Olly Alexander

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

I sublimate different parts of my personality through my characters. Which is worrying, as some of them can be a bit nasty.…

— Joanne Harris

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than…

— Philipp Meyer

'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' - every scene is from those characters' point of view. They're in literally every scene, very unusual in…

— Doug Liman

I like to make up my own lines and dress myself and act like myself and no other characters.

— Patti Harrison

I'm always following the characters and I'm always interested in what happens to them, but what happens to them is conditioned by…

— Isabel Allende

I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever…

— Mark Wahlberg

You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos.

— Deborah Moggach

I do tend to have characters that I guess are in some way loners or dealing with obstacles that they have to…

— Craig Gillespie

I'm such a fan of anime and manga to this day, but I never really like got to know all the characters…

— Lights

I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.

— Julian McMahon

I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a…

— Andy Daly

“Don't let your ego write checks your character can't cash. another from the world of tweets”

— Robin Glasser

'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.

— J. J. Abrams

“This isn't the road home. This is a road littered with questions that will inevitably lead to an answer.”

— Ryan S. Fortney

I have a penchant for playing characters that have been victimized repeatedly and still stood their ground and still remained unembittered.

— Drea De Matteo

I'd like to think I'm not quite so pretentious as to think my characters go off and live their lives once I've…

— Jane Green

I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.

— Tim Blake Nelson

“I love when the characters take over and live their own lives. I get to watch and write it all down.”

— Anna Adams

Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do.…

— W. Earl Brown

I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out…

— Ruth Glick