Characters Quotes · Page 17

“If you can’t be of good character, write a good character.”

— Rosen Trevithick

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

— J. August Richards

“characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be”

— Thomas C. Foster

“I can't have my perfect love story but my characters will have.”

— R.K. Valka

We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.

— Dino De Laurentiis

I knew that I wanted to primarily play queer characters.

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

— Alex Sharp

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

— Michael K. Williams

There's no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I've…

— Catherine Tate

I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

— David Bowie

My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I…

— Scott Thompson

The characters I usually get offered are described as 'none too bright' or 'funny but a little air-brained.'

— Didi Conn

O'Neill presents a very complex multi-layered kind of challenge. His characters are always deeply complex and, to a great extent, inaccessible.

— Gabriel Byrne

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had…

— Dan Castellaneta

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen…

— Alaina Huffman

I don't believe novels should carry an obvious message. I don't want to write characters you can immediately say are good or…

— Christopher Koch

I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get…

— Patricia MacLachlan

'Deity' will be a compelling and exciting thriller with complex and interesting characters. A neo-realistic style to story and images will take…

— Niels Arden Oplev

I definitely try to play a common man in my roles so people can identify with my characters, but the truth of…

— Zach Braff

I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever…

— Kate Atkinson

The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people…

— Leslye Headland

Every so often you get to play wonderful characters maybe at the wrong time in your life. Sometimes, you get to play…

— Jude Law

If I'm practicing making up what the characters will do, it's never good. In fact, when I catch myself doing that, I…

— William Gibson

'Into The Wild' had a great sense of wild, unpredictable freedom that I loved, and 'Unforgiven' is just a great western with…

— Brendan Fletcher

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

— Douglas Sirk

“Good writing is made up of characters who are bigger than their circumstances.”

— Michael Knight

We're moved by emotions and characters and stories. We love that.

— David Droga

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

I don't plot my novels - I move along with my characters.

— Ellen Potter

“Rich can live better than poor but they cannot live without poor.”

— Amit Kalantri

I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.

— Muriel Spark

There are as many characters in men As there are shapes in nature.

— Ovid

There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.

— Rhys Ifans

“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”

— Amit Kalantri

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

— Plato

I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else.

— Dee Rees

Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.

— Rachel Cohn

I always look for characters that will hopefully develop into a more powerful symbol.

— Sydney Sweeney

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

— Nina Tassler

People like the comedy more when they care about the characters.

— Judd Apatow