Characters Quotes · Page 49

I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then…

— Monica Bellucci

“The persons whom you cannot care for in a novel, because they are so bad, are the very same that you so…

— Anthony Trollope

I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not…

— Alexandre Aja

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it…

— Ty Burrell

I do characters. I believe in that. I think people are interesting. Now, everybody that you meet in New York City thinks…

— Jerry Weintraub

It's always exciting to play characters who are obsessive because all their energy is so focused on that one thing and they're…

— Robin McLeavy

I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering…

— Albert Finney

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up…

— Geena Davis

[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole…

— Megan Chance

On reading the first part of Anthony Powell's four-part masterpiece, 'A Dance to the Music of Time,' I was struck by one…

— Rebecca Pidgeon

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling…

— Trudi Canavan

I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain,…

— Eddie Marsan

'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists…

— S. E. Hinton

I think for me, the imaginary world was always exciting. I started in New York doing theatre, from having just one person…

— Dilshad Vadsaria

Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you.…

— Liz Tuccillo

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over…

— Ira Glass

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

The characters are that vague TV high school age, but they'll be in high school as long as we need them to…

— Josh Schwartz

I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.

— Brad Anderson

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with…

— Nicholas Sparks

Because characters are your creations, you are the one who ultimately gets to decide their fate.

— Alexandra Adornetto

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective…

— Katee Sackhoff

I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at…

— Damian Lewis

The art of transformation is a very important thing to me, and I always believe I can say something more truthful through…

— Andy Serkis

“I act out characters who aren’t like me and often spend time with people I don’t care to see”

— Ruby Rowe

When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they…

— Eugenio Derbez

I want to play male characters; I want to be Ranbir Kapoor of 'Rockstar.' Those are exciting parts.

— Shweta Tripathi

I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my…

— Evangeline Lilly

Playing characters is fun because you get the chance to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

— Tierra Whack

In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have…

— Anonymous

A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must…

— Anonymous

Now I'm president. I get to meet a lot of other company presidents. They're such weird people. I'm fascinated by them. I…

— Hidetaka Miyazaki

I have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.

— Lisa Kudrow

Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily…

— John Banville

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

I think it is a blessing to be known by the name of your character. How many characters can we count on…

— Varun Sharma

The Slobs were written in a very 2D way, but Kathy Burke brought a touching quality to all her characters.

— Harry Enfield

'Lord of the Rings' was a set of books in which the world had been conceived before the characters were placed within…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over…

— Taraji P. Henson

“I thought about writing the character as male, but then I would be forced to portray him as a woman in a…

— Chris Stocking