Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five… — John Slattery Copy Share Image
Dani's family are great, and I'm really lucky to have them as in-laws. But it's definitely not all plain sailing. They are… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out,… — Natalie Zea Copy Share Image
I am one Dana when I am talking to my daughter, another when I am talking to the IRS, and another still… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
People like casting me as these characters who definitely have an edge to them, but I don't really think 'bad boy' is… — Blair Redford Copy Share Image
I go back to family: 'Ice Age' was about disparate characters rejected by their own kind. They come together to save the… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I… — Pete Postlethwaite Copy Share Image
I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it… — Sherwood Schwartz Copy Share Image
There are amazing projects with fantastic characters, but you have to have done something that people have seen, otherwise you're not gonna… — Amelia Warner Copy Share Image
The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in writing an actual series, that doesn't have too much to do with my music - a world I… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking… — Mark Harmon Copy Share Image
When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice,… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
My favorite TV couple is Edith and Archie Bunker. Because they were such individuals that I can't imagine anyone else playing them.… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate:… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
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