Affords Quote by Dawn Olivieri

You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.

— Robert Forster

With any character, I try to focus more on who the character is and how they got to be who they are.

— Rachelle Lefevre

It is more important to just be as honest as I can about my characters than to write some really great sentence.

— Molly Antopol

I kind of put myself out there a lot just because I trust the people I'm working with. You have to see what works…

— Terry Crews

There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations…

— Greta Gerwig

My process is pretty messy, and there's a lot of creative destruction in it. When I set out to write something, I'll write some…

— Jesse Andrews

I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.

— Rose Leslie

Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.

— Chris Pine

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

That's one of those things that will really hurt me personally, if I label a character or think about what it might do if…

— Luke Wilson

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

— Patrick deWitt