Character Quote by Howard Barker

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me.

— Donal Logue

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me, if that makes any sense.

— Donal Logue

It's fun to play a character when you can't concern yourself with how sympathetic they are.

— Gretchen Mol

I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.

— Taron Egerton

There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never engage in…

— Alexander Payne

Even with a character you dislike, you should sympathise.

— Jamie Demetriou

A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters.

— Johnny Flynn

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

— Len Wein

My attitudes aren't directed toward characters at all. I don't feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don't love some characters, feel…

— Don DeLillo

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

— Anson Mount

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

— Christina Ricci

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

— Drew Goddard