Character Quote by Christian Cooke

I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

— Matt Dillon

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean,…

— Adam Driver

The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when…

— Jennifer Konner

People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.

— Paul Schrader

It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character.

— Johnny Galecki

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

— Jonathan Jackson

If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

— Zooey Deschanel

I'll be able to pull off playing an unlikable character because inherently, I think I'm likable.

— John Stamos

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people.

— Lawrence Wright

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes…

— Liana Liberato

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books a supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of…

— John Green