Characters Quotes · Page 38

I've always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You're not this…

— Richard Gere

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because…

— Clive Owen

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

— Rob Liefeld

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted…

— Caroline Dhavernas

I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within…

— Marie Trintignant

Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort…

— Brent Weeks

I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and…

— Isabel Allende

Allison Janney's character in 'The West Wing' was so rocking! I am a huge fan of Mary Louis Parker and her character…

— Allison Mack

I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are…

— Anonymous

Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different professions and…

— Kelly McCreary

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their…

— Paul Dano

After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love…

— Walter Dean Myers

One of the things I've found most challenging about writing a multibook series is keeping it fresh and evolving while still delivering…

— Tina St. John

Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for…

— Gbenga Akinnagbe

I have a lot of people in my life who are truly ridiculous characters, and they're very, very funny people, but they…

— Emile Hirsch

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well.…

— Dwayne Johnson

I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously.

— Paul Rudd

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense…

— Emily Blunt

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about,…

— William Fichtner

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

— Aaron Stanford

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

— Barun Sobti

The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

— Zara Phillips

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

“The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.”

— Amit Kalantri

My characters have never waged a war against any gender. They are all about friendship and being loyal to your friends.

— Kartik Aaryan

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you…

— Douglas Coupland

I've played a lot of these characters that aren't particularly pleasant and pretty powerful, bad people, and one thing I've discovered is…

— Richard Brake

Four directors through their own interpretation created four different characters. And I had to play them in a fairly short period of…

— IU

I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the…

— Samantha Shannon

“A writer must empathize with all of their characters because he is the one that bestowed upon them both joy and misery.”

— Terry A O'Neal

I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as…

— Jonathan Jackson

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it.

— Jean M. Auel

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters…

— Paula Patton

I always think it's really nice to see characters band together and fight for what they all believe in.

— Danielle Rose Russell

The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters…

— Joel Kinnaman

I've had a lot of characters and personalities, accents and different aspects from all the walks of my life.

— Princess Nokia

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead…

— Jerry B. Jenkins