Characters Quotes · Page 50

I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense…

— Emily Blunt

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well.…

— Dwayne Johnson

I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously.

— Paul Rudd

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

— Barun Sobti

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about,…

— William Fichtner

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

— Aaron Stanford

My characters have never waged a war against any gender. They are all about friendship and being loyal to your friends.

— Kartik Aaryan

I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories.…

— R. Kelly

I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You…

— Forest Whitaker

If you're going to do a show about somebody who dumped you, it's much richer if you have three characters dealing with…

— Robert Lepage

I think that I've always been attracted to characters who are positive and come from a very innocent place. I think there's…

— Amy Adams

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best…

— Ira Glass

I would be lucky to be remembered as Harry Crane. That being said, I think it's a goal for most actors to…

— Rich Sommer

I think 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole…

— Niels Arden Oplev

The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it,…

— Marguerite Moreau

“The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

— Zara Phillips

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you…

— Douglas Coupland

Four directors through their own interpretation created four different characters. And I had to play them in a fairly short period of…

— IU

I've played a lot of these characters that aren't particularly pleasant and pretty powerful, bad people, and one thing I've discovered is…

— Richard Brake

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

— Drew Goddard

I, Lesley, I like looking nice. I like doing my hair and wearing makeup and wearing nice clothes. But I don't care…

— Lesley Manville

I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.

— Forest Whitaker

Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You…

— James Frain

You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun.

— Frank Vincent

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into…

— Cassandra Clare

“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her…

— Shannon L. Alder

If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty.

— Cliff Chiang

Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise.

— Ti West

Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You…

— John Belushi

You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what…

— Gerald Scarfe

I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear.

— Theodore Melfi

I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out…

— Elle Fanning

Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't…

— Dan DeCarlo

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show…

— Jefferson Mays

I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a…

— Spike Jonze

Often when you're a teenage girl, you get sent characters that are so unenjoyable and unexciting.

— Kerris Dorsey

I always play outsiders. I think I'm carrying a lot of those characters and I wonder if I play them because those…

— Zawe Ashton