Characters Quotes

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And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create. — Brittany Murphy
People ask me to record their answering machines all the time. I love it. It's a miracle to me that people want to hear back… — Mike Myers
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales.… — Mike Myers
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. — Vladimir Nabokov
No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. — Vladimir Nabokov
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away… — Vladimir Nabokov
It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters. — Liam Neeson
I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained.… — Robert De Niro
Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key. — Christopher Nolan
All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's… — Edward Norton
Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot of… — Edward Norton
I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt. — Chris O'Dowd
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence. — Joyce Carol Oates
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must… — Joyce Carol Oates
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we… — Joyce Carol Oates
I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud. — Gary Oldman
You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it's Gary Oldman… — Gary Oldman
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the… — Susan Orlean
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. — Clive Owen
I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive… — Chuck Palahniuk

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