For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
There are very few works of fiction that take you inside the heads of all characters. I tell my writing students that… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness. — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict. — George Blagden Copy Share Image
I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For years, humorous characters in cartoons have been almost exclusively male. — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
I have done a wide range of characters and getting acknowledged as a comedian is encouraging for me as an actor. — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
I care a great deal about LGBT U.S. servicemen and women being able to serve openly and honestly. Since early in my… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
All films are a challenge and they are a harder challenge when dealing with characters of color. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I always find the more you can draw on real life characters, people, situations, it works better. Certainly for designing a character,… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
There are so few shows that are willing to take risks with their characters in the way that 'Homeland' does. And yet,… — Raza Jaffrey Copy Share Image
'Community' is a comedy show, and one of the characters happens to be a Christian. I do think they have been very… — Yvette Nicole Brown Copy Share Image
Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to… — Diedrich Bader Copy Share Image
I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
