Characters Quotes · Page 51

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters…

— Shawn Levy

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

— Alexia Fast

I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in…

— Elizabeth George

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

— Karin Slaughter

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic…

— Doug Hutchison

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for…

— Joel Kinnaman

With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an…

— Ray McKinnon

As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

My first two books, I was very close to my main character, stuck inside their head. And then with 'Arrogance,' I broke…

— Joanna Scott

I really think that the Jersey Boys musical - and this is just my opinion - lends itself to being cinematic in…

— Vincent Piazza

A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're…

— Kyle Mooney

As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to…

— Rachel G. Fox

Even if I see 300 'X-Files' fans together, I can't fathom - I cannot imagine - the audience itself. All I think…

— Chris Carter

I always find the more you can draw on real life characters, people, situations, it works better. Certainly for designing a character,…

— Sharlto Copley

I don't really worry so much about image. I try to just live my own life, my personal life, to my own…

— Kevin Bacon

In a film, there are too many characters. If the film is not a hit, then nobody really notices your work.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I wind up playing these characters a lot: They have self-esteem issues, or they're going through a lot as a young adult.

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.

— Jared Harris

I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good.…

— Joy Fielding

I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches'…

— Deborah Harkness

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained…

— Cynthia Voigt

What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.

— Pat Barker

I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

— Jason O'Mara

Getting to work with good filmmakers and getting to play good characters in films is so special.

— Prateik Babbar

People balk at the fact that I've played loads of gay characters. Maybe I have, but you know what? It doesn't matter.

— Freddie Fox

I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of…

— Ed Stoppard

I am not that cute. However, because I had played so many cute characters, I am starting to be influenced by them.

— Park Bo-young

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor.

— Britt Robertson

“When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a…

— Shannon L. Alder

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of…

— Heather Matarazzo

I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?

— Sakshi Tanwar

I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and…

— Ruth Wilson

Be it 'Thevar Magan' or 'Magalir Mattum,' people still remember me for what I have performed and when it comes to characters,…

— Thalaivasal Vijay

I like spending a lot of time fine-tuning all the small characters. I think it really pays off.

— Ellen Chenoweth

“All characters and events in this book are made up. If some of them seem familiar, it’s because so many of us…

— Stephen Minkin

Cool? Am I cool? I don't know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That's my job,…

— Jacques Audiard

“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.”

— Amit Kalantri

In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.

— Kent Haruf