Characters Quotes

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When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. — Dana Carvey
I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult. — Daniel Clowes
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. — Hank Azaria
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I… — Hank Azaria
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have… — Dorothy Allison
I can't find anything wrong with Ashton Kutcher. I think he's great. It's odd that in America there's a very mixed reaction to him. I… — Nigel Cole
I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not… — Nigel Cole
Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise. — Rachel Cohn
We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black… — Don Cheadle
I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm looking forward to… — Erika Christensen
The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history. — Norman Corwin
I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it. — Peter Carey
One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit… — Peter Carey
Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters that… — Sacha Baron Cohen
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green. — Robert Cailliau
A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big… — Robert Carlyle
I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole… — Robert Carlyle
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena… — Upamanyu Chatterjee

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