Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 1993 authors

The art of transformation is a very important thing to me, and I always believe I can say something more truthful through characters that are… — Andy Serkis
I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be… — Spike Jonze
I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then… — Virginia Henley
I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness. — Matt Lauria
Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistani TV is progressive, and hence, characters that… — Umera Ahmad
The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just… — Madhur Mittal
In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want… — Guy Gavriel Kay
The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to… — Guy Gavriel Kay
The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on the… — Jill McCorkle
I quite like some of the movies that have many characters in them. — Susanne Bier
The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters I play. — Joel Kinnaman
In most scripts, one or two characters have a lot of colors. — Joel Kinnaman
I like to explore characters who are very different to me, or varied parts are very similar to me. — Gwendoline Christie
I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. — Peter Dinklage
I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at… — Ted Naifeh
I read mostly science-fiction and fantasy when I was a teenager, and I was always drawn to stories where the characters had telepathic powers. — Ruth Glick
I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out the way they… — Ruth Glick
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had… — Theresa Breslin
The SF genre, of course, is really an organically evolved, marketplace-determined, idiosyncratic grab bag of themes and signifiers and characters and icons and gadgets, some… — Paul Di Filippo
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand. — Nic Pizzolatto

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