Character Quote by Illeana Douglas

There are always certain things that you tap into, your own personal experiences, and I try to base my characters on someone I know…

— Stephen Graham

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect…

— S. E. Hinton

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

— Sune Rose Wagner

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

— Kartik Aaryan

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.

— Jessie Buckley

I suppose with any character that you play you always bring your personal experience to it. You always bring people that you know or…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way.

— Mark Haddon

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met…

— Grant Morrison

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

— Marcia Gay Harden