Bonaparte Quote by Catherine Deneuve

When you're portraying someone that really existed, there has to be a time as an actress where you leave reality and move into the…

— Bel Powley

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

— Wes Anderson

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's…

— Nicholas Sparks

I was always inventing characters and making up stories.

— Suzanne Vega

Playing a real-life character is very intriguing.

— Pratik Gandhi

It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and…

— Sonu Sood

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and…

— Sara Paretsky

I write about relationships and I try to create real-life characters.

— Emily Giffin

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect…

— S. E. Hinton

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just…

— Virginia Madsen

Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material…

— Gaspard Ulliel