Characters Quote by Adam Rapp

I really enjoy those characters like 'Profit.' With those elements that are shady and dark, you're not responsible for being a likable character. Like…

— Adrian Pasdar

I'm being provided with some emotional ballast by giving me an intimate portrait of one character in particular in contrast to the collective. I'm…

— Joshua Ferris

You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say that such…

— Robert Boswell

I think you need humour and a sense of fun, which is what I try to bring to my books to leaven the danger…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I've always thought darker characters were more fun to play. They're probably not any more complex or interesting than their good, law-abiding cousins, and…

— Aidan Gillen

I hope I am pigeonholed with comedy. I'm really not interested in writing the darker stuff, the emotional stuff.

— Jane Espenson

I usually get cast in more dark, dramatic things, and I would love to do something more comedic.

— Emily Meade

I enjoy the kind of characters that allow you to write the dark stuff. I love Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, and when I'm writing for…

— Frank Wildhorn

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I think some of the big characters, you know, they do these adventures, but they've got something about them, they've got this charisma, and…

— Rhys Darby

As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar