Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 1993 authors

Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I start turning my… — Linwood Barclay
I like playing dark, offbeat, quirky characters. — Mischa Barton
I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being… — Peter Berg
The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing… — Peter Berg
I love con-men characters in film. — Simon Baker
I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a… — Ruth Buzzi
I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters… — Ty Burrell
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of… — Chris Cleave
I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing. — Chris Cleave
I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were… — Chris Colfer
I have made a career of creating characters who fight school authority and chomp at the bit to get out into the 'real' world and… — Chris Crutcher
The thing that I like about the way characters are written on the show these days is that nobody's perfect. Everyone has made a lot… — Crystal Chappell
I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the building of characters. — Katie Cassidy
It's not like I don't want to play the guy next door. But sometimes they're not the best written or the most complicated. But I… — Kim Coates
We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine… — Michael Cudlitz
I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions. — Sharon Creech
At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can… — Ally Carter
I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don't want to… — Billy Crudup
I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike, but… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human. — Dana Carvey

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