Background Quote by Jean M. Auel

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

— Chris Pine

I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.

— Masai Ujiri

With all of my characters, I don't go into it thinking I want to explore this part of myself.

— Cole Escola

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

— James Ellroy

I tend to use a lot of movement in both camera and characters, and I also tend to give characters a lot to physically…

— Kari Skogland

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out…

— Katie Cassidy

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

— Jean M. Auel

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

— Sean Bean

The first thing, the main thing, about how I work is I need to understand the character.

— Marion Cotillard

I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

— Dexter Fletcher

If you can find a way your character moves, you know more about your character than you'd ever dream.

— Rita Moreno

In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen.

— Noah Hawley