Characters Quotes · Page 37

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a…

— Vera Farmiga

I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.

— Katee Sackhoff

Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image.

— Scott Westerfeld

To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.

— Rafael Yglesias

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and…

— Elizabeth George

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually…

— Michael Sheen

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.

— Jeanette Winterson

Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately.

— Laila Robins

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers,…

— Karl Marlantes

I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what…

— Sharlto Copley

I think a lot of times stereotypes come when there are disconnected white writers who maybe have two or three black friends,…

— Dorian Missick

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting…

— Torrey DeVitto

I should just stop trying to control what's coming out of my mouth. I'm always going to keep what's important to me…

— Kristen Stewart

Characters that are not the norm or a bit out of the ordinary are always a challenge as an actress. You learn…

— Sally Hawkins

I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a…

— Fred Durst

I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really…

— Barry Diller

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the…

— Francine Rivers

The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel…

— Jason Katims

Yet as a director, I don't feel you have to identify with your characters as a requirement to make a movie.

— David Fincher

Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a…

— Ron Cephas Jones

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a…

— Esai Morales

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to…

— Shemar Moore

My best writing has to do with an internal process that I'm working out unconsciously and put into my characters.

— Lyle Kessler

People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.

— Mike White

I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a…

— Matthew Perry

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is…

— Cate Blanchett

I love playing real characters... if they're not around anymore it's helpful because you won't get sued! But there's so much research…

— Andy Serkis

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to…

— Claire Danes

You have to get rid of characters to make room for new ones, but you also have to recognize when things are…

— Matt Lucas

I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies.

— Colm Feore

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety…

— Danielle Macdonald

I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.

— Selma Blair

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

— Stephanie Leonidas

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and…

— Pablo Schreiber

I'm drawn towards people who have a little pathos and a little dark side, and I feel the same towards fictional characters.

— Lisa Hanawalt

“Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

My films are very rooted in specific people's point of view. Some film-makers give a more global point of view, like God…

— Doug Liman

If I just sit here, what am I going to do? I don't have a trade. I don't teach or anything. I…

— Elmore Leonard

“If [the characters] grow a lot, they begin to influence the course of the story instead of the other way around.”

— Stephen King