I'm not going to say it's laziness, but I'm not a grand creator of new characters. — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story. — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
Just don't pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don't. Stay open to them. It's teatime and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I probably haven't had enough gay characters in my stuff. When you're writing something, you're thinking, 'Why couldn't this person be black,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've heard people say you have to love the characters you play. I don't feel that way. I've played a lot of… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
I mean when I was working shall we say with Disney, you know they sent me the script for the film Hercules… — Gerald Scarfe Copy Share Image
The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy… — Brian Tee Copy Share Image
It's always good to be able to identify with the characters that you're watching and not just easily put them in the… — Betty Gabriel Copy Share Image
The endings for all my characters seem sufficiently human and messy for me to feel comfortable with them. In some ways they… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five… — John Slattery Copy Share Image
I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws. — Joe Madureira Copy Share Image
Like every actor, I am always on the lookout for interesting characters. — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Many of us would not make terribly interesting characters in a novel.” — Claire Wingfield Copy Share Image
Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational. — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
There are dodgy characters in Bitcoin. But there are dodgy characters in cash, too. — Patrick M. Byrne Copy Share Image