Characters Quotes · Page 52

“I feel that the characters in my book, if they were real, would be like, "Seriously, another plot twist?”

— Kaya Carvajal

I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.

— Junot Diaz

I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can…

— Jonathan Stroud

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

People tell me that my appearance in real life is better than on-screen. Perhaps people think I am exactly like the characters…

— Kapil Sharma

The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.

— Katherine Moennig

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable…

— Sufjan Stevens

One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in…

— Amanda Peterson

The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A little bit of Hemingway goes a long…

— Michael Hirst

Once, Naseeruddin Shah told me that the wafer shop was the best acting school that I could have attended. And I completely…

— Boman Irani

I just love characters that are complex, that you can dig into and keep itching the scratch and never quite be satisfied…

— Cameron Britton

In other people's books, I tend to love the really daredevil-y characters. I love Finnick from 'The Hunger Games.' And I think,…

— Cassandra Clare

When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's…

— Kim Young-ha

I think that if youve got 5 million people that enjoy drama and invest in characters, you must take the time to…

— Max Beesley

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep…

— Don Cheadle

Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.

— Jim Rash

It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself…

— Rani Mukerji

One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

— Manuel Puig

I just look for characters that have dimensions. If I don't see it written on the page, then I try to put…

— Boyd Holbrook

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my…

— Kelli O'Hara

All my characters have their own political thoughts of the world around. If it is not in the script, I put it…

— Abhishek Banerjee

I try to choose characters that don't remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.

— Fahadh Faasil

Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world…

— Jesmyn Ward

Novelists embody plural selves all the time. What are characters, after all, if not other selves?

— Siri Hustvedt

Ugly Betty' has definitely helped me cope with issues I would have never been able to cope with if I wasn't a…

— Mark Indelicato

I love doing heightened reality stuff, and having fun with the characters I play, especially in a kind of darker way, which…

— Andrew-Lee Potts

The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.

— Jessie Mueller

When you are working on a movie, you have to ensure that the journey of characters ends in two hours.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

While working in a group is great, on-set especially, it means you just don't get to see the characters one-on-one.

— Alycia Debnam-Carey

Something that I really enjoy doing is creating and being a part of very different characters and very different projects.

— Noel Fisher

I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it.

— Peter Carey

I probably haven't had enough gay characters in my stuff. When you're writing something, you're thinking, 'Why couldn't this person be black,…

— Martin McDonagh

The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t…

— Gail Godwin

So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact…

— Matthew Healy

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get…

— Aunjanue Ellis

When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.

— Dana Carvey

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and…

— Kelly Reilly