Character Quote by Dana Spiotta

I've been in the fortunate position of playing these strong, snarky female characters since Dana Gordon on 'Entourage.'

— Constance Zimmer

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

In reading, you become these characters that are different from you.

— Torrey Peters

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

— Dakota Fanning

I don't really pity any of my characters. I hold my characters under a harsh fluorescent lamp and ask "Who are you?" I'm not…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're another thing.…

— Kyle Mooney

All my characters are different from one another, and it's like I am living so many different lives simultaneously.

— Mrunal Thakur

In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types of jokes,…

— James Dashner

I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really that person.'

— Michelle Gomez