I have learned never to judge any of the characters that I portay. Sometimes that is difficult to do because as a… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
The thing is, I never see my characters as psychopaths. I see them as really crippled victims who just happen to do… — Michael Eklund Copy Share Image
I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found… — Randy Harrison Copy Share Image
I like marginal characters, I like real people. I learn more from talking to my plumber when he comes to fix my… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table.… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There's so many different people that I'm fascinated by. Different kinds of characters that I meet in, like, everyday life, that I'm… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and… — Patrick Marber Copy Share Image
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I've always loved shows that combine both approaches - that have a mythology and a set of characters, whose stories develop and… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
If I watch something, I want to be wondering what is going to happen next; I want to be engaged in a… — Ewen Bremner Copy Share Image
I don't know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little… — Leo McCarey Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting… — Matt Barr Copy Share Image
I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was… — Eamonn Walker Copy Share Image
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his… — Jason Lutes Copy Share Image
I'd watched every episode of 'True Blood' from the very beginning. The show's characters were in my blood, so when I started,… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun… — Marin Ireland Copy Share Image
You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you're passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
It's always good I think in general to have different energies on screen, like it's nice to have different characters go at… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
... characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I think there's grays in characters if you look at all the great characters, those characters that have those layers of being… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that… — C.K. Webb Copy Share Image
'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
I don't really pity any of my characters. I hold my characters under a harsh fluorescent lamp and ask "Who are you?"… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image