Characters Quotes · Page 39

I am attracted to these outsider characters who just don't belong anywhere, and who are operating in worlds they sort of don't…

— Bennett Miller

Without having an emotional connection or some relatability to the characters, there's really nothing to root for, in some respect.

— David Nutter

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual…

— Tina Fey

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between…

— Yael Stone

I like coming up with new characters. Whether it's revamping an old character no one likes or just coming up with brand-new…

— Joe Madureira

That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time.

— Ben Barnes

“If they are good characters, they have minds of their owns. If they are great characters, they go stomping off into the…

— Wendi Kelly

I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer

— Alison Lohman

Most people just half-watch TV. They watch TV while they are doing many other things in the environment of their home. So,…

— Alfonso Cuaron

I understand pain very well, so I look for that in a role. If the characters are well-written, don't tell nobody, but…

— Michael K. Williams

I'll play a happy character, but most characters are driven by a pain or a fear. They are driven by something deep…

— Emory Cohen

The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into…

— Steven Zaillian

You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are…

— Rachael Leigh Cook

Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had…

— Beverly Cleary

A lot of the characters I play seem to be lying to themselves in some way. They maybe present themselves as confident…

— Kyle Mooney

Certainly it's very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece…

— John Crowley

What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make…

— Nancy Kress

People know me through my characters. I don't think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I…

— Fahadh Faasil

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint…

— Andie MacDowell

I tell about some of the female characters from the Bible so girls can be inspired and empowered and uplifted.

— Roma Downey

Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can.

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

I think you have to love the characters that you write. I don't know how you could possibly write a TV show…

— Elizabeth Meriwether

Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of…

— Dwayne Johnson

I love some films with very silent characters, people who don't speak, but I wouldn't be able to do that.

— Arnaud Desplechin

That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth.…

— R. A. Salvatore

I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of…

— Peter Dinklage

There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on…

— Garth Ennis

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

— Charles de Lint

“Sometimes I don't know whether Zelda and I are real or just characters in one of my novels.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

'Homeland' really is one of those shows where they start to write more or less depending on what's kind of going on…

— Raza Jaffrey

“Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.”

— Amit Kalantri

I don't have any special approach for playing dark characters. That's because I never looked at them as dark characters per se.…

— Tabu

I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters.

— Richard Marquand

For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.

— Michael Giacchino

One of the things you have to be acutely aware of when shooting episodes out of order is your character's relationship with…

— Gina Bellman

I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.

— Forest Whitaker

“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her…

— Shannon L. Alder

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into…

— Cassandra Clare

You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun.

— Frank Vincent