--- title: "10 Older Characters Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Older Characters quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Older Characters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/conor-mcpherson-25915_about_i-guess-i-m-attracted-and-repelled-by-is_1503764.jpg" --- > [I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-mcpherson/i-guess-i-m-attracted-and-repelled-by-isolation-it-scares-me-and-it-s/) [Conor McPherson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-mcpherson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/conor-mcpherson-25915_about_i-guess-i-m-attracted-and-repelled-by-is_1503764.jpg) > [I don't mind playing older characters. I find it interesting. There are parts I couldn't have got when I was 30 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-don-t-mind-playing-older-characters-i-find-it-interesting-there-are/) [Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/harrison-ford-1782_character_i-don-t-mind-playing-older-characters-i_1494586.jpg) > [In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-pintauro/in-new-york-i-much-prefer-playing-older-because-as-characters-get/) [Danny Pintauro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-pintauro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/danny-pintauro-49355_character_in-new-york-i-much-prefer-playing-older_1672069.png) > [In my stories, I think, as I've gotten older, the characters have become stronger and more independent, and more capable of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/in-my-stories-i-think-as-i-ve-gotten-older-the-characters-have-become/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/emily-giffin-938_capable_in-my-stories-i-think-as-i-ve-gotten-old_521543.jpg) > [I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-mcpherson/i-guess-im-attracted-and-repelled-by-isolation-it-scares-me-and-its/) [Conor McPherson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-mcpherson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/conor-mcpherson-25915_character_i-guess-im-attracted-and-repelled-by-iso_1360721.jpg) > [To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-self/to-purposely-concoct-older-characters-of-a-sunny-disposition-would-be/) [Will Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-self/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/will-self-2296_blacks_to-purposely-concoct-older-characters-of_2171258.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-barr/i-don-t-know-if-it-s-that-the-scripts-are-evolving-or-just-that-i-m/) [Matt Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-barr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/matt-barr-29643_because_i-don-t-know-if-it-s-that-the-scripts-ar_2597102.png) > [The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-clark/the-thing-about-being-an-actor-is-that-as-we-get-older-there-are-more/) [Victoria Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/victoria-clark-42836_actor_the-thing-about-being-an-actor-is-that-a_2687339.jpg) > [I turn 30 next month, and in my 20s, I've been in this limbo of being too old to play the young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-cooke/i-turn-30-next-month-and-in-my-20s-i-ve-been-in-this-limbo-of-being/) [Christian Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-cooke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/christian-cooke-25461_age_i-turn-30-next-month-and-in-my-20s-i-ve_2061760.jpg) > [I think hopefully as you're getting older you're getting parts that require more preparation, and by that I just mean - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-teller/i-think-hopefully-as-you-re-getting-older-you-re-getting-parts-that/) [Miles Teller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-teller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/miles-teller-7696_certain_i-think-hopefully-as-you-re-getting-olde_874749.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/older-characters/#itemlist", "name": "Older Characters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. 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