Character Quote by Jeanette Winterson

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

— Jefferson Mays

I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to…

— Jaume Cabre

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco

If you cared enough about your characters, what happened to them was interesting... It's important to care about them. About who they are and…

— Neil Gaiman

I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating.

— Monica Bellucci

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

The most interesting thing about characters are their blind spots. They miss the periphery.

— Sam Richardson

I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.

— Mark Wahlberg

I do tend to have characters that I guess are in some way loners or dealing with obstacles that they have to confront that…

— Craig Gillespie

You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind. I just…

— Sissy Spacek

What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly…

— Paulo Coelho