Character Quote by Conor McPherson

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for…

— Conor McPherson

I don't mind playing older characters. I find it interesting. There are parts I couldn't have got when I was 30 years old. So,…

— Harrison Ford

I've always been attracted to characters that were interesting to me, and different.

— Milla Jovovich

In my stories, I think, as I've gotten older, the characters have become stronger and more independent, and more capable of making unconventional decisions.

— Emily Giffin

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...

— Tony Goldwyn

I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

— Mandy Patinkin

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

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

— Lawrence Wright

People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist…

— Iris Murdoch

I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on.…

— Mark Harmon

I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out…

— Felicity Jones

If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.

— James Wan