Character Quote by Cillian Murphy

With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I try not to articulate ideas in the film once I've arrived on the plot and the characters. I believe that if I focus…

— Ira Sachs

Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's described in…

— Sean Bean

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that…

— Joshua Leonard

I don't beat at the details, but I do always keep in mind that anything that isn't A) moving the story forward or B)…

— Jim Shepard

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

Detailing and backstories are so important; only they draw you into the life of a character.

— Richa Pallod

If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it equally to check our theories, and…

— George Eliot

I'm pretty good at fleshing out characters. I like to crawl inside their minds and imaginations and sort of loll about. Sticking to a…

— Gina Ochsner

Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with…

— Joaquin Phoenix

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene…

— Chris Cooper

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need…

— Edward Rutherfurd