Characters Quotes · Page 43

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

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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

— Marie Trintignant

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

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

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

— Jason Katims

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

— Francine Rivers

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

— Laila Robins

It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that…

— Allison Janney

While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over…

— Tess Gerritsen

For any actor, when you're playing twin brothers, you have to be able to find the similarities between them as well as…

— Efren Ramirez

I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot…

— Gus Van Sant

Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas…

— Neal Shusterman

I'm always interested in characters who are closed down, but who open up when they choose to, rather than when they're obliged…

— Steven Knight

I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters…

— Kajal Aggarwal

I've played characters who are dark and have done things I never have experienced, which is why I try to find the…

— Michael Eklund

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

— Jeanette Winterson

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

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

— Esai Morales

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

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 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

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

— Stephanie Leonidas

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

— Selma Blair

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 love acting, and ultimately all my characters are very different, and each character I love in a different way.

— Catherine Mary Stewart

I am one of these characters who seems to thrive off a little bit of niggle, a little bit of pressure.

— Stuart Broad

Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.

— Michael Zaslow

I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you're just sitting there creating something from nothing, or…

— John Wells

Yes, I certainly look for strong characters - whether that means they're strong in their vulnerability or strong in the way they…

— Vicky McClure

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

— Vera Farmiga