Characters Quotes · Page 59

I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman…

— Wilbur Smith

If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not…

— Kevin Hart

I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I'm lucky, things start to happen.

— Susan Choi

What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always…

— Charlie Cox

There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader…

— Hannah Kent

I like playing characters that have a prickly armor because when you start to see the cracks and some heart come out,…

— Matt Passmore

I don't try to find similarities with my characters because then it becomes difficult to act.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them,…

— Cillian Murphy

I'm not interested in going to casting after casting, trying to get into that game. So there is a part of me…

— Sharlto Copley

The few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the…

— Tom Perrotta

My favorite part about working in theater is the rehearsal process. I absolutely love the rehearsal process. Working out the characters, figuring…

— Joseph Gatt

Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal -…

— Val Kilmer

As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had…

— Michael Connelly

Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places.…

— Jonathan Jackson

I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar…

— Kim Edwards

I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's…

— Jackie Chan

All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever…

— Alexander Skarsgard

As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get…

— Alia Bhatt

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that,…

— Melanie Laurent

I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.

— Karin Slaughter

“Characters are not what they first appear, they are layers upon layers and that's the interesting bit.”

— Brenda H. Sedgwick

I really respond to human scripts, scripts that are raw and real and risky. I love playing scary characters - not horror…

— Shailene Woodley

I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape…

— Willem Dafoe

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

— Alphonse Karr

I've never been able to reuse characters, I've often wanted to. I've never been able to get people to cooperate. I can't…

— George A. Romero

My characters in both 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' films were so relatable that every other guy connects with me.

— Kartik Aaryan

I'm very, very leery of nonfiction books where they change timeframes and use - what do they call those things? - composite…

— Geraldine Brooks

I think it's very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should…

— Anne Enright

I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.

— Ariel Winter

I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

— Nicolas Cage

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

— Javier Bardem

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their…

— James Garner

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

I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work,…

— Rutina Wesley

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it…

— Stewart O'Nan

I never, never lend any of my own clothes for parts any more because you lose your clothes; they become the characters'…

— Hannah Murray

I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.

— Moira Kelly

I mean, he's one of the greatest characters I've gotten to play over my career, so there's a little bit of me…

— Dante Basco

The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers…

— Frances O'Connor