Character Quote by Brian Michael Smith

The thing that excites me in terms of storytelling is being able to include trans characters in stories that are not necessarily about the…

— Emma D'Arcy

A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play…

— Dominique Jackson

It's very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One…

— Louis Auchincloss

I think sometimes we spend so much time explaining our identity when you see trans or nonbinary characters on TV, it's nice to just…

— E. R. Fightmaster

The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.

— Katherine Moennig

I see myself as coming out of a trans tradition. There's a number of trans writers before me who wrote great novels.

— Torrey Peters

There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans.

— Rebecca Root

Now that we've seen broader representation of trans identities, I think it's safer to explore the fault in these trans characters and make them…

— Nicole Maines

My take on people and on the characters I play in Transsiberian, the role you're looking for, is that everybody is more than one…

— Emily Mortimer

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

— Trace Lysette

I think it's really important to understand that every trans story is not the same, and we are as varied as any other group…

— Trace Lysette

More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

— Nicole Maines