Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You… — James Frain Copy Share Image
I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work. — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I, Lesley, I like looking nice. I like doing my hair and wearing makeup and wearing nice clothes. But I don't care… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't… — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You… — John Belushi Copy Share Image
Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise. — Ti West Copy Share Image
There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
The characters I've played that I like the most are people that have a lot of obstacles. They have a lot of… — Paul Sparks Copy Share Image
I play guys who are willing to go really far. If the dung really hits the fan, I don't know if I… — Elias Koteas Copy Share Image
Hope and Crosby made seven 'Road' movies, starting in 1940 with 'Road to Singapore.' The movies were always about Crosby and Hope… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are tested to their limits, and they… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When I was asked to compose a score for... 'Palo Alto,' I first thought to myself, 'What is the house that these… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty. — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear. — Theodore Melfi Copy Share Image
You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what… — Gerald Scarfe Copy Share Image
Often when you're a teenage girl, you get sent characters that are so unenjoyable and unexciting. — Kerris Dorsey Copy Share Image
The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
My body has done for me all these years things I couldn't ever even dreamt to do for characters. It's a tool,… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I always play outsiders. I think I'm carrying a lot of those characters and I wonder if I play them because those… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse… — Tara Strong Copy Share Image
“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I… — Karen Tei Yamashita Copy Share Image
“Main characters never die in books. If they did, the story would be ruined, or over.” “Everybody is a main character to… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do.… — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
“I love when the characters take over and live their own lives. I get to watch and write it all down.” — Anna Adams Copy Share Image
Gravity Falls' is a show about mysteries and magic but first and foremost it's a show about characters. — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
A lot of the scripts I read and the characters I get are 'the girl' in romantic films, and I don't know… — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take. — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
The Slobs were written in a very 2D way, but Kathy Burke brought a touching quality to all her characters. — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Normally, when you're working on something, there are other characters that you have alliances with, and you have unified goals with some… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think it is a blessing to be known by the name of your character. How many characters can we count on… — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Playing characters is fun because you get the chance to put yourself in someone else's shoes. — Tierra Whack Copy Share Image
In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
