--- title: "1 Interested Characters Quotes By John Logan" description: "1 Interested Characters quotes by John Logan. Plus more from John Logan and more Interested Characters sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png" --- > [I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw me as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-aren-t-broken-i-m-not-interested/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/john-logan-15862_broken_i-m-not-interested-in-characters-who-are_2958573.png) ## More by John Logan > [Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/working-on-skyfall-was-the-most-enjoyable-experience-i-ve-ever-had-on/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [“Children don't have hearts yet, not really. They haven't been hurt into the need for one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/children-don-t-have-hearts-yet-not-really-they-haven-t-been-hurt-into/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [I grew up on the Bond movies. The first one I saw was 'Diamonds Are Forever,' when I was a kid. I just loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-grew-up-on-the-bond-movies-the-first-one-i-saw-was-diamonds-are/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/the-history-of-screenwriting-of-what-we-do-is-more-than-100-years-old/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [The themes, ideas and the characters from 'Skyfall' can obviously continue on, because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/the-themes-ideas-and-the-characters-from-skyfall-can-obviously/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [“But how can you be Peter Pan? You? The Boy Who Never Grew Up? That's not you. You have egg on your collar. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/but-how-can-you-be-peter-pan-you-the-boy-who-never-grew-up-that-s-not/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/cinema-is-a-visual-language-and-you-re-always-looking-for-visual/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [“Everyone likes everything nowadays. They like the television and the phonograph and the shampoo and the soda pop and the Cracker Jack. Everything becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/everyone-likes-everything-nowadays-they-like-the-television-and-the/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I say, 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/young-screenwriters-are-always-very-frustrated-when-they-talk-to-me/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that emerge through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/whether-you-re-writing-a-horror-show-or-a-james-bond-film-i-think/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I have ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/i-love-novels-but-i-m-not-a-novelist-i-m-just-a-dramatist-which-means/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/if-you-look-at-the-muscularity-of-something-like-wicked-and-the-way/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/realistically-it-s-the-great-truism-that-screenwriters-are-fungible/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > ['Coriolanus' has been around for 400 years, and it's going to be around for another 400 years, and nothing I can do is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/coriolanus-has-been-around-for-400-years-and-it-s-going-to-be-around/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) > [We wanted 'Hugo' to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-logan/we-wanted-hugo-to-be-a-cornucopia-of-cinema-a-celebration-of/) [John Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-logan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-characters/john-logan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Interested Characters Quotes By John Logan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. 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