Characters Quotes

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And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're… — Brian De Palma
I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense. — Mandy Patinkin
One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do… — James Patterson
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. — Jean Paul
I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people. — Matthew Perry
Ninety percent of video game AI really is pretty damn bad. I think that's actually why it's so much fun to shoot things. Because the… — Matthew Perry
I was always a very quirky kid. I remember very early like fourth or fifth grade doing pratfalls to make my friends laugh, like falling… — Busy Philipps
If you read a book that's fiction and you get caught in the characters and the plot, and swept away, really, by the fiction of… — Jodi Picoult
One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against… — Steven Pinker
Tom Hanks, who starred in 'The Da Vinci Code,' turns out to be related to a number of the historic characters that feature in 'The… — Steven Pinker
When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations… — Luigi Pirandello
I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who… — Martha Plimpton
The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden. — John Podhoretz
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work… — Amy Poehler
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. — Manuel Puig
For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering… — Terry Pratchett
I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as… — Dennis Quaid
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as… — Raymond Queneau
I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those… — Zachary Quinto
And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters. — Daniel Radcliffe

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