People were fed up with reality shows about midgets getting married and weird Jerry Springer talk shows. There had been a real… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Also the clothing, people often ask why I talk about what characters are wearing. And that's really important to me, because you… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
I just want to play really strong characters that get to do really interesting things. But I would also love to play… — Mandip Gill Copy Share Image
It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but… — Gina Holden Copy Share Image
Television is where the best work for women is right now. I would love to do more movies, but the reality is… — Julie Bowen Copy Share Image
Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade,… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
As for tweeting and texting: impassioned discussions, particularly when they're intimate, don't work in abbreviated script messages. No relationship should begin or… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I feel that as a writer and as a performer too. I never really thought about backstory for characters. It was much… — Brady Corbet Copy Share Image
I have tried to create main characters who are drastically different from the types who generally appear in crime novels. Mikael Blomkvist,… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
There's nothing funnier for me than taking two characters and throwing them into a pressure cooker and letting them turn on each… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
I'm mostly a historical romance reader, but I never miss a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. Her characters are larger than life and… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, 'I can face it'. That, to me, is happy. I… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things that I'm about that I've… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
'Agent Mom' is a perfect opportunity for me to do what I love... develop characters, act and take incredible stories to my… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by people like David Simon or the people at The Simpsons or J.K. Rowling who can create dozens and… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
I make a deal with the audience every time I direct a movie. The deal always is this: I'm showing you this… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that… — Tessa Thompson Copy Share Image
I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary,… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
For me, the acting part - and I have to say it makes me a little worried about my own psychological make-up… — Kathy Baker Copy Share Image
Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material,… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
I was creator and executive producer of 'The Brady Bunch' on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was… — Sherwood Schwartz Copy Share Image
After writing a novel, what is there to say? If a novelist could say it in a maxim, they wouldn't need 120,000… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I like very dry humor. I don't like things that are over the top. I like subtlety. I like things that are… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
I look at some of the old villains in the Disney movies. If you really listen, you can hear some of the… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I've always thought darker characters were more fun to play. They're probably not any more complex or interesting than their good, law-abiding… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all… — Triple H Copy Share Image
In older science fiction stories, they had to rely on storytelling as opposed to spectacle. The old run of the 'Twilight Zone,'… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
Those are the kinds of roles you can really sink your teeth into. Characters with an edge. When you're playing someone who's… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
There are certain early plays of mine that I really don't like, but I can't imagine going back and fixing them. I… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me,… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Very rarely am I attracted to characters that are 'woe is me.' I'm not a big fan of women that have to… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
