Careful Quote by Emily Deschanel

I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear.

— Theodore Melfi

Traditionally, there's been a desire to make shows relatable so the maximum number of people would think of those characters as being recognizably like…

— Roy Price

They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people…

— Charlize Theron

I think it gets really dangerous, though, to do it on the show. I think that the writers and producers are very much aware…

— Emily Deschanel

I feel terrible for directors of TV because all the episodes have to look the same. They make a great series for five or…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

What you hear mostly people gripe about adaptations is, 'They took out this scene,' or, 'They had to condense these characters.' I understand why…

— Jay Asher

There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting. It just…

— Greg Kinnear

I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending the story…

— Stephen Graham Jones

In a way, the characters often do take over.

— Margaret Mahy

When you have an ensemble where characters pair off so easily, it becomes extremely isolating in the story world. You can end up with…

— Julie Plec

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

— Irwin Shaw

A typical TV show is always about protecting the franchise - it's all about stretching it out as long as you can take it.…

— Vince Gilligan