Always working Quote by Dana Spiotta

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

Sometimes I know what my characters are moving away from or toward; more often I just wait and see. For instance, though I knew…

— Ron Rash

A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.

— Annie Leibovitz

Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use…

— Jeff Bridges

The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to…

— Ben Bass

I like my characters to go through some changes during a story arc.

— Jim Starlin

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in.

— Brian Azzarello

What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and…

— James Gray

I find that on serialized television it's wiser to hit the ground and look forward, and take the cues from the writers and the…

— Dallas Roberts

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

— Mary Wiseman

We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or…

— Robert Kiyosaki

To me, I love when, as a viewer, I can be on a journey with a character, and not just hearing about something that…

— Lauren Schmidt Hissrich