Characters Quotes

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Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play… — Will Friedle
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of… — William Friedkin
I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like… — Ari Graynor
I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters. — Emily Giffin
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. — Emily Giffin
I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices. — Karen Gillan
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people… — Summer Glau
I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone… — Alex Garland
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing… — Lisa Gardner
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I… — Lisa Gardner
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try… — Jeff Abbott
It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters. — Jessica Alba
When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing. — Joan Van Ark
If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around… — Michael Arndt
There are so many characters whizzing around inside my head, it's like Looney Tunes. But as soon as I've finished writing about them, I completely… — Peter Ackroyd
No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are… — Piers Anthony
I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic… — Alan Bradley
Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there. — Ann Brashares
Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you… — Ann Brashares
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter. — David Benioff

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