--- title: "13 Characters Character Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Characters Character quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Characters Character sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/sayani-gupta-11154_character_i-abhor-badly-written-characters-and-any_1426036.jpg" --- > [I abhor badly-written characters and any character, be it man, woman, any character in the film. If it is a well-written character,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayani-gupta/i-abhor-badly-written-characters-and-any-character-be-it-man-woman/) [Sayani Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayani-gupta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/sayani-gupta-11154_character_i-abhor-badly-written-characters-and-any_1426036.jpg) > [My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donnie-yen/my-action-follows-my-characters-if-a-character-is-a-cop-you-cannot-be/) [Donnie Yen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donnie-yen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/donnie-yen-12000_action_my-action-follows-my-characters-if-a-cha_1194511.jpg) > [I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-naifeh/i-like-characters-with-character-not-just-pretty-faces-anyway-i-think/) [Ted Naifeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-naifeh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/ted-naifeh-22949_angelina-jolie_i-like-characters-with-character-not-jus_3055003.jpg) > [When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/when-writing-a-novel-a-writer-should-create-living-people-people-not-2/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/ernest-hemingway-83_books_when-writing-a-novel-a-writer-should-cre_2057681.jpg) > [I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kirby/i-feel-that-my-characters-all-have-some-part-of-my-character-i-feel/) [Jack Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kirby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/jack-kirby-4317_bears_i-feel-that-my-characters-all-have-some_2807366.jpg) > [If you have a great characters, you can always have your character do nothing or do something stupid, and people will still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-magary/if-you-have-a-great-characters-you-can-always-have-your-character-do/) [Drew Magary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-magary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/drew-magary-11859_character_if-you-have-a-great-characters-you-can-a_3055822.jpg) > [“...although stories are about characters, they're mostly about "character". There's a difference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-parker/although-stories-are-about-characters-they-re-mostly-about-character/) [Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/morgan-parker-6193_quote_although-stories-are-about-characters-th_1697716.jpg) > [As far as playing different characters within the character, I think that's fun. Very rarely, on TV, do you get to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldis-hodge/as-far-as-playing-different-characters-within-the-character-i-think/) [Aldis Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldis-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/aldis-hodge-8186_character_as-far-as-playing-different-characters-w_1175158.jpg) > [You're always working in the movie. Never was I me, and never have I been me, nor was he him. We were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-sutherland/you-re-always-working-in-the-movie-never-was-i-me-and-never-have-i/) [Donald Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-sutherland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/donald-sutherland-14225_always-working_you-re-always-working-in-the-movie-never_2041751.jpg) > [I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-gosling/i-don-t-think-you-can-discriminate-against-budgets-you-know-i-m-an/) [Ryan Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-gosling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/ryan-gosling-1941_budgets_i-don-t-think-you-can-discriminate-again_1187821.jpg) > [I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-cruz/i-try-to-do-as-much-as-possible-for-every-character-some-of-them-it/) [Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/penelope-cruz-2508_because_i-try-to-do-as-much-as-possible-for-ever_2499142.jpg) > [I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dano/i-think-the-idea-is-to-try-and-understand-everything-about-the/) [Paul Dano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/paul-dano-2579_about_i-think-the-idea-is-to-try-and-understan_3234408.jpg) > [It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/it-becomes-more-and-more-popular-to-call-actors-who-play-characters/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/melissa-leo-9231_actors_it-becomes-more-and-more-popular-to-call_742025.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-character/#itemlist", "name": "Characters Character Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I abhor badly-written characters and any character, be it man, woman, any character in the film. 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