My Characters Quotes

247 quotes by 205 authors

I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. — Margaret Atwood
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names. — Paul Auster
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I… — Amy Adams
I never act my characters - I am them. — Drew Barrymore
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. — Elizabeth Bowen
All of my characters have a glint of madness. — Nicolas Cage
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these… — Nick Cave
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need… — Isabel Allende
I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they… — Jackie Collins
I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a… — Jerzy Kosinski
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my… — George R. R. Martin
My characters talk to one another, and when it reaches a certain pitch of excitement I jump out of bed and run and trap them… — Ray Bradbury
People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters thereâ€™s a core of trust and love that… — Joss Whedon
There is never a personal-life connection between my characters and myself. I'm a professional and I can access what I need to access, so there's… — David Duchovny
I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life. — Alexia Fast
Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure… — Juliette Binoche
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. — Juliette Binoche
I always believed in my characters. I lived them — Irene Dunne
Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like… — Barret Oliver
I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. — Donnie Wahlberg

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