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title: "23 Characters Kind Quotes by 22 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Characters Kind quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Characters Kind sayings and thoughts."
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> [Because I grew up in Africa, I always see people and try to understand characters as what kind of animal they'd be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-e-grant/because-i-grew-up-in-africa-i-always-see-people-and-try-to-understand/)

[Richard E. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-e-grant/)

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> [I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-saylor/i-make-notebooks-for-characters-and-it-kind-of-becomes-a-bible/)

[Morgan Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-saylor/)

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> [It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haley-joel-osment/it-s-kind-of-comfortable-portraying-characters-who-are-kind-of/)

[Haley Joel Osment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haley-joel-osment/)

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> [Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-sasso/well-it-s-probably-not-something-i-m-conscious-of-but-i-do-gravitate/)

[Will Sasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-sasso/)

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> [I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-had-some-marvelous-parts-but-i-m-also-asked-to-play-characters/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

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> [Often my characters have some kind of idealism or grand belief that they're pursuing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshuah-bearman/often-my-characters-have-some-kind-of-idealism-or-grand-belief-that/)

[Joshuah Bearman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshuah-bearman/)

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> [I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pilou-asbaek/i-think-all-interesting-characters-have-some-kind-of-a-complex/)

[Pilou Asbaek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pilou-asbaek/)

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> [If you look at the rest of my stuff, I always play characters that kind of don't look like me, 'cause I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-rasuk/if-you-look-at-the-rest-of-my-stuff-i-always-play-characters-that/)

[Victor Rasuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-rasuk/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-coen/i-ve-never-really-understood-that-it-s-a-funny-thing-people-sometimes/)

[Joel Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-coen/)

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> [I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noelle-stevenson/i-ve-always-kind-of-gravitated-toward-characters-who-are-a-bit/)

[Noelle Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noelle-stevenson/)

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> [Fantasmas' is very empathetic toward everyone who's onscreen. The characters are the kind of people you bump into that you might never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-torres/fantasmas-is-very-empathetic-toward-everyone-who-s-onscreen-the/)

[Julio Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-torres/)

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> [I think people are getting into these 'Empire' songs because of the emotional investment they have in the characters. You kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/i-think-people-are-getting-into-these-empire-songs-because-of-the/)

[Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/)

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> [I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexa-vega/i-get-to-play-characters-that-kind-of-shock-people-and-i-enjoy-doing/)

[Alexa Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexa-vega/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/alexa-vega-11951_able_i-get-to-play-characters-that-kind-of-sh_725261.jpg)

> [In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-melamed/in-general-i-m-always-interested-in-characters-who-have-kind-of/)

[Fred Melamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-melamed/)

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> [Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hoagland/animals-are-stylized-characters-in-a-kind-of-old-saga-stylized/)

[Edward Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hoagland/)

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> [I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schulz/i-think-anybody-who-is-writing-finds-he-puts-a-little-bit-of-himself/)

[Charles M. Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schulz/)

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> [We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/we-re-nothing-if-we-re-not-loved-when-you-meet-somebody-who-is-more-2/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

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> [I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maeve-binchy/i-try-to-make-my-characters-kind-of-ordinary-somebody-that-anybody/)

[Maeve Binchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maeve-binchy/)

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> [I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-don-t-need-all-that-much-i-just-need-to-know-who-my-characters-are/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

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> [You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-terrio/you-can-t-really-write-until-the-characters-kind-of-show-up-one-day/)

[Chris Terrio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-terrio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/chris-terrio-41855_character_you-can-t-really-write-until-the-charact_3177070.jpg)

> [It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/it-s-like-these-ideas-these-characters-kind-of-bubble-up-inside-me/)

[George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/)

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> [I think it's amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters - kind of like watching Laurel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hillenburg/i-think-it-s-amusing-to-watch-a-naive-well-meaning-character-kind-of/)

[Stephen Hillenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hillenburg/)

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> [Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-frain/characters-who-have-some-kind-of-free-rein-on-their-darker-selves-are/)

[James Frain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-frain/)

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