Characters Quotes · Page 45

I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?

— Sakshi Tanwar

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of…

— Heather Matarazzo

I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good.…

— Joy Fielding

I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in…

— Elizabeth George

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

— Karin Slaughter

With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an…

— Ray McKinnon

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for…

— Joel Kinnaman

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic…

— Doug Hutchison

'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about…

— Avan Jogia

I watched 'Iron Man 3' the other night, and my chin was on the floor. 'Vikingdom' is a different type of movie,…

— Craig Fairbrass

'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in…

— Edmund White

I have always loved contemporary dance, but it has always been a bit of a mystery to me. But choreography is very…

— Michael Leunig

I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more…

— Joanna Trollope

There are too many positive and goody male characters on TV, and they work, so its good for them. I feel each…

— Ashish Sharma

With every episodic, there's a learning curve where writers try to find the voice of the characters by way of the actors.…

— Sasha Roiz

Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that…

— Betsy Byars

You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.

— Jared Harris

I wind up playing these characters a lot: They have self-esteem issues, or they're going through a lot as a young adult.

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

In a film, there are too many characters. If the film is not a hit, then nobody really notices your work.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.

— Forest Whitaker

I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability.

— Stephan Pastis

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters…

— Shawn Levy

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

— Alexia Fast

'Hill Street,' because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition…

— Steven Bochco

I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is…

— Etgar Keret

I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.

— Kelli O'Hara

It's also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story…

— Arthur Herzog

People latch on to characters who are rude or naughty or bad. Look at JR in 'Dallas' or Angie in 'EastEnders.' They're…

— Helen Baxendale

'CLUE' is a spin on the classic board game. It uses the original characters and weapons, but it goes even further in…

— Sterling Beaumon

You have to add some sort of dimension to each of your characters because everyone has their own layers.

— Julia Garner

If you want to believe in the fantasy on screen, then you have to believe in the characters and use them as…

— Timothy Dalton

I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here,…

— Matthew McConaughey

I think as an actor you have to be open to your emotions - that's how you tap into other characters. Besides,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I loved all the characters I've gotten to play. Mary Cherry will always be my most favorite and always have a place…

— Leslie Grossman

I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters…

— Ryan Gosling

I think my characters are all fairly fundamentally decent, even if they have negative characteristics.

— Sally Rooney

I'm used to playing characters that are so different to me and I love that; it's my safety blanket and I hide…

— Sacha Dhawan

I have always been a fan of Jim Henson, and I love his Creature Shop creations, the skill of the puppets and…

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the…

— Gregg Sulkin