I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the… — Jonathan Keltz Copy Share Image
These characters are not spontaneous creations. They are engineered down to the last nut and bolt. — John Sandford Copy Share Image
He exists in the public mind as bits and pieces of his characters-Butch Cassidy's charm, Ben Quick's machismo, Cool Hand Luke's defiance,… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works,… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I would love to do a comedy. The primary thing is complexity. The reason I play so many dark characters is because… — Billy Zane Copy Share Image
Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I feel when a writer treats a character as 'precious,' the writer runs the risk of turning them into a comic book… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
I like characters who have two different things going on, whether it is Robin from 'Top Of The Lake' having that strength… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
My characters tend to be more dynamic because they're reaching that point in their lives where their old way of being is… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I'm interested in a lot. Like right now, I'm just really excited for 'Catching Fire' and 'Mockingjay' Part 1 and 2. But… — Willow Shields Copy Share Image
At the beginning, everything's possible and everybody gets equal time, all the characters, all the ideas. You don't know who's going to… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Everybody has their own agenda, and that makes 'Power' a dark world. There aren't any really clean characters. — Lela Loren Copy Share Image
“I turned to the window. A single raindrop fell against it, and seeing my reflection in the glass, I suddenly knew why… — Pamela Nicole Copy Share Image
That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Who said that being Latino is to be a stereotype? Characters are stereotypes when making plans or without shades. I do not… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Sci-fi fans really have a commitment to the characters even as much as the actors do. There's a synergy between making television… — Brooke Nevin Copy Share Image
I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat… — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and… — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do;… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world… — John Searles Copy Share Image
A big way that I express myself is through what I wear and how I present myself. I think that's an important… — Angourie Rice Copy Share Image
The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get… — Omar Dorsey Copy Share Image
We have some of the best in-ring performers in the world, but they are also some of the best characters. — Tony Khan Copy Share Image
Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them. — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
