Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational. — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
Most of the dialogue in 'Speed' is mine, and a bunch of the characters. That was actually pretty much a good experience.… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Our characters were antiseptic but we weren't. And if you remember what we did on BATMAN, as the scripts were written very… — Burt Ward Copy Share Image
I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
So much of what I do... is coming up with new characters and trying to invent voices for them, and to have… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Among all the characters mentioned in the Bible, none is more mysterious than Melchisedec; said to be without father, mother, or earthly… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
“Our relationship with literary characters, at least to those that exercise a certain attraction over us, rests in fact on a denial.… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and… — Chad Lindberg Copy Share Image
To portray an iconic character has been brilliant in itself, and to be able to do that on a show like 'Once… — Robbie Kay Copy Share Image
What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Television is a lot more fast-paced, where with films, you really have the ability to get to know your characters. When I… — Liana Liberato Copy Share Image
A lot of characters I've played have a certain amount of strength, pride, and leadership. — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image