--- title: "26 Characters Aren Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 26 Characters Aren quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Characters Aren sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png" --- > [It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-nealon/it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-characters-that-aren-t-quite-on/) [Kevin Nealon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-nealon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png) > [When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-eaton/when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well-drawn-they-re-boring/) [Rebecca Eaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-eaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/rebecca-eaton-32146_boring_when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well_76095.jpg) > [My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ramis/my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebels-they-win-by-their-refusal/) [Harold Ramis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-ramis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/harold-ramis-4057_character_my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebe_343626.png) > [I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-anderson/i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-heroic-and-come-to-some-sort/) [Brad Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/brad-anderson-19230_about_i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-h_1582891.jpg) > [“I act out characters who aren’t like me and often spend time with people I don’t care to see”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-rowe/i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me-and-often-spend-time-with/) [Ruby Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-rowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/ruby-rowe-14441_character_i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me_113625.jpg) > [I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megalyn-echikunwoke/i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-supposed-to-black-or-written/) [Megalyn Echikunwoke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megalyn-echikunwoke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-su_2724501.png) > [Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren't girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-female-characters-that-aren-t/) [Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/brianna-wu-6004_develop_ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-fem_255030.jpg) > [I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw me as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-aren-t-broken-i-m-not-interested/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png) > [I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or-dostoyevsky-or-kafka-your/) [Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/lynne-tillman-5609_character_i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or_3123187.png) > [If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough-you-aren-t-trying-to-grasp/) [Felicia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felicia-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/felicia-day-4103_character_if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough_1037470.png) > [That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mcgrath/that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-charm-if-you-want-even/) [Charles McGrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mcgrath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/charles-mcgrath-67499_character_that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-c_1877389.jpg) > [I am certainly proud to add 'Korra' to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in multifaceted female characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-konietzko/i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the-pantheon-of-tv-characters/) [Bryan Konietzko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-konietzko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/bryan-konietzko-10393_female-character_i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the_1568414.jpg) > [Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-foley/characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a-one-night-stand-getting-to/) [Margaret Foley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-foley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/margaret-foley-259520_character_characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a_1016285.jpg) > [Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mortimer/good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-that-s-what-life-is-all-about/) [Emily Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mortimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/emily-mortimer-9413_character_good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-t_1833431.jpg) > [All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ophelia-lovibond/all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rounded-and-it-s-just/) [Ophelia Lovibond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ophelia-lovibond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/ophelia-lovibond-25493_absolutely_all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rou_1224583.jpg) > [I really feel that's part of why audiences go to movies now is to take you to a world you have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audiences-go-to-movies-now-is-to/) [Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/ben-affleck-2043_access_i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audienc_956939.jpg) > [I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-not-the-exception-to-be-a-good-2/) [Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_2790536.png) > [Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxes-as-men-we-do-it-because-we/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-haggis-5313_boxes_now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxe_758998.jpg) > [I honestly go back and forth in my head about using advanced and innovative technologies for creating my characters. There's something more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-dunham/i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head-about-using-advanced-and/) [Jeff Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/jeff-dunham-6937_characters_i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head_2961675.jpg) > [I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-not-the-exception-to-be-a-good/) [Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_236781.jpg) > [Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-faber/of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only-words-on-a-page-and-i-m/) [Michel Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-faber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/michel-faber-4084_arrogant_of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only_263572.jpg) > [For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t-much-fun-what-you-want-are/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/terry-pratchett-19_books_for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t_991362.jpg) > [“The problem is going to be, "Let's see, I spent all day staring at a computer screen and then at night my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-spent-all-day-staring-at-a/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/david-foster-wallace-161_computers_the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-s_510105.jpg) > [Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-most-characters-aren-t-going-to/) [Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/kelley-armstrong-581_books_even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-mos_760831.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brake/i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-that-aren-t-particularly/) [Richard Brake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/richard-brake-56753_bad_i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-th_1251888.jpg) > [I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liana-liberato/i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-with-my-character-in-some-way/) [Liana Liberato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liana-liberato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/liana-liberato-17295_audience_i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-w_320435.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/#itemlist", "name": "Characters Aren Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Nealon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-nealon/it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-characters-that-aren-t-quite-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.” — Kevin Nealon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca Eaton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-eaton/when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well-drawn-they-re-boring/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/rebecca-eaton-32146_boring_when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well_76095.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/rebecca-eaton-32146_boring_when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well_76095.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/rebecca-eaton-32146_boring_when-complicated-characters-aren-t-well_76095.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.” — Rebecca Eaton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harold Ramis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ramis/my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebels-they-win-by-their-refusal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/harold-ramis-4057_character_my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebe_343626.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/harold-ramis-4057_character_my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebe_343626.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/harold-ramis-4057_character_my-characters-aren-t-losers-they-re-rebe_343626.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.” — Harold Ramis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-anderson/i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-heroic-and-come-to-some-sort/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/brad-anderson-19230_about_i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-h_1582891.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/brad-anderson-19230_about_i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-h_1582891.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/brad-anderson-19230_about_i-like-characters-who-aren-t-typically-h_1582891.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.” — Brad Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I act out characters who aren’t like me and often spend time with people I don’t care to see”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruby Rowe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-rowe/i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me-and-often-spend-time-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/ruby-rowe-14441_character_i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me_113625.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/ruby-rowe-14441_character_i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me_113625.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/ruby-rowe-14441_character_i-act-out-characters-who-aren-t-like-me_113625.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I act out characters who aren’t like me and often spend time with people I don’t care to see” — Ruby Rowe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Megalyn Echikunwoke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megalyn-echikunwoke/i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-supposed-to-black-or-written/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-su_2724501.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-su_2724501.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/megalyn-echikunwoke-21509_black_i-tend-to-play-characters-that-aren-t-su_2724501.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black.” — Megalyn Echikunwoke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren't girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brianna Wu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-female-characters-that-aren-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/brianna-wu-6004_develop_ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-fem_255030.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/brianna-wu-6004_develop_ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-fem_255030.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/brianna-wu-6004_develop_ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-fem_255030.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren't girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.” — Brianna Wu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw me as a writer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Logan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-aren-t-broken-i-m-not-interested/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw…” — John Logan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, \"Your characters aren't likeable.\" It's not about your character winning a popularity contest. That's not the writer's job.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lynne Tillman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or-dostoyevsky-or-kafka-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/lynne-tillman-5609_character_i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or_3123187.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/lynne-tillman-5609_character_i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or_3123187.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/lynne-tillman-5609_character_i-don-t-think-anybody-says-to-coetzee-or_3123187.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, \"Your characters aren't likeable.\" It's not…” — Lynne Tillman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Felicia Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough-you-aren-t-trying-to-grasp/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/felicia-day-4103_character_if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough_1037470.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/felicia-day-4103_character_if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough_1037470.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/felicia-day-4103_character_if-you-know-your-characters-well-enough_1037470.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking…” — Felicia Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles McGrath" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mcgrath/that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-charm-if-you-want-even/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/charles-mcgrath-67499_character_that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-c_1877389.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/charles-mcgrath-67499_character_that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-c_1877389.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/charles-mcgrath-67499_character_that-s-the-problem-with-fiction-or-the-c_1877389.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their…” — Charles McGrath", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am certainly proud to add 'Korra' to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in multifaceted female characters who aren't sidekicks, subordinates or mere trophies for male characters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bryan Konietzko" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-konietzko/i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the-pantheon-of-tv-characters/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/bryan-konietzko-10393_female-character_i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the_1568414.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/bryan-konietzko-10393_female-character_i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the_1568414.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/bryan-konietzko-10393_female-character_i-am-certainly-proud-to-add-korra-to-the_1568414.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am certainly proud to add 'Korra' to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in…” — Bryan Konietzko", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free writes and multiple experiments.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Foley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-foley/characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a-one-night-stand-getting-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/margaret-foley-259520_character_characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a_1016285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/margaret-foley-259520_character_characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a_1016285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/margaret-foley-259520_character_characters-aren-t-a-fling-they-aren-t-a_1016285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It…” — Margaret Foley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't written that way in movies, especially characters for women. So you end up being either one thing or the other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emily Mortimer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mortimer/good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-that-s-what-life-is-all-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/emily-mortimer-9413_character_good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-t_1833431.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/emily-mortimer-9413_character_good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-t_1833431.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/emily-mortimer-9413_character_good-people-can-do-terrible-things-and-t_1833431.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And…” — Emily Mortimer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten. They have no internal monologues; they could be absolutely anyone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ophelia Lovibond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ophelia-lovibond/all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rounded-and-it-s-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/ophelia-lovibond-25493_absolutely_all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rou_1224583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/ophelia-lovibond-25493_absolutely_all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rou_1224583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/ophelia-lovibond-25493_absolutely_all-the-other-characters-are-so-well-rou_1224583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't…” — Ophelia Lovibond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really feel that's part of why audiences go to movies now is to take you to a world you have no access to, whether it's the world of Avengers or Middle-earth or bars in Boston you would be afraid to go into. You see characters there - they aren't hobbits but they're close.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Affleck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audiences-go-to-movies-now-is-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/ben-affleck-2043_access_i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audienc_956939.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/ben-affleck-2043_access_i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audienc_956939.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/ben-affleck-2043_access_i-really-feel-that-s-part-of-why-audienc_956939.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really feel that's part of why audiences go to movies now is to take you to a world you have no access to…” — Ben Affleck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephenie Meyer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-not-the-exception-to-be-a-good-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_2790536.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_2790536.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_2790536.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all…” — Stephenie Meyer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves and we aren't willing to put ourselves in the skin of those characters and women, I think, terrify us. We tend not to write women as human beings. It's cartoons we're making now. And that's a shame.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Haggis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxes-as-men-we-do-it-because-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-haggis-5313_boxes_now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxe_758998.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-haggis-5313_boxes_now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxe_758998.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-haggis-5313_boxes_now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxe_758998.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that…” — Paul Haggis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I honestly go back and forth in my head about using advanced and innovative technologies for creating my characters. There's something more 'real' and charming when the characters aren't perfect. It's the difference between anything that's built by a computer and machine versus the same thing being made by hand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Dunham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-dunham/i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head-about-using-advanced-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/jeff-dunham-6937_characters_i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head_2961675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/jeff-dunham-6937_characters_i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head_2961675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/jeff-dunham-6937_characters_i-honestly-go-back-and-forth-in-my-head_2961675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I honestly go back and forth in my head about using advanced and innovative technologies for creating my…” — Jeff Dunham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels. Even the bad guys usually have a pretty good reason for the way they are, and some of them come around in the end. I don't see the world as full of negatives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephenie Meyer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-not-the-exception-to-be-a-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_236781.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_236781.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/stephenie-meyer-91_bad-guy_i-grew-up-in-a-community-where-it-was-no_236781.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all…” — Stephenie Meyer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michel Faber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-faber/of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only-words-on-a-page-and-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/michel-faber-4084_arrogant_of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only_263572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/michel-faber-4084_arrogant_of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only_263572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/michel-faber-4084_arrogant_of-course-i-know-that-the-twins-are-only_263572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks…” — Michel Faber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t-much-fun-what-you-want-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/terry-pratchett-19_books_for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t_991362.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/terry-pratchett-19_books_for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t_991362.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/terry-pratchett-19_books_for-an-author-the-nice-characters-aren-t_991362.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The problem is going to be, \"Let's see, I spent all day staring at a computer screen and then at night my most meaningful relationships are with the two-dimensional characters who aren't in fact two-dimensional characters . . . Gee, I wonder why I'm lonely and doing a lot of drugs? Could there be any connection between the fact that I've got nothing to do with other people, that I don't really have a fucking clue what it is to have a real life, and the fact that most of my existence is mediated by entertainment that I passively choose to receive?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Foster Wallace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-spent-all-day-staring-at-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/david-foster-wallace-161_computers_the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-s_510105.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/david-foster-wallace-161_computers_the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-s_510105.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/david-foster-wallace-161_computers_the-problem-is-going-to-be-let-s-see-i-s_510105.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The problem is going to be, \"Let's see, I spent all day staring at a computer screen and then at night my…” — David Foster Wallace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully fleshed-out characters. If you don't do that, the reader doesn't care what happens to them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kelley Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-most-characters-aren-t-going-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/kelley-armstrong-581_books_even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-mos_760831.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/kelley-armstrong-581_books_even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-mos_760831.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/kelley-armstrong-581_books_even-in-horror-novels-where-you-know-mos_760831.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to…” — Kelley Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 that there's a real stillness to these guys.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Brake" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brake/i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-that-aren-t-particularly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/richard-brake-56753_bad_i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-th_1251888.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/richard-brake-56753_bad_i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-th_1251888.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/richard-brake-56753_bad_i-ve-played-a-lot-of-these-characters-th_1251888.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've played a lot of these characters that aren't particularly pleasant and pretty powerful, bad people, and…” — Richard Brake", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liana Liberato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liana-liberato/i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-with-my-character-in-some-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/liana-liberato-17295_audience_i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-w_320435.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/liana-liberato-17295_audience_i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-w_320435.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/liana-liberato-17295_audience_i-always-want-the-audience-to-identify-w_320435.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get…” — Liana Liberato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/", "name": "Characters Aren Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/kevin-nealon-8834_character_it-s-kind-of-fun-when-you-re-playing-cha_1208492.png" }, "description": "Browse 26 Characters Aren quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Characters Aren sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Characters Aren Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-aren/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```