Another Quote by Forest Whitaker

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

— Kurt Busiek

I believe in characters that can be tangible, and that you can actually relate to.

— Demian Bichir

I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.

— Karin Slaughter

Some of my characters are drawn from people I know whereas others are an amalgamation of people or one specific person. Sometimes a character…

— Zoya Akhtar

I try to find some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it's the tiniest thing.

— Lizzy Caplan

I look back at my career when I was younger and can connect what I was going through at the time with the characters…

— Jodie Foster

You do look at a lot of movies and many characters seem to be interchangeable.

— Duncan Jones

It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons…

— Brenda Blethyn

I see myself as different characters in my music, but all pertaining to real life.

— Quincy Brown

I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)

— Alan Lee

I like to think of characters in relation to other cinematic characters.

— Leslye Headland

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

— David Walton