Character Quote by Jessie Buckley

To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.

— Michael Connelly

It's very hard to connect with a character when you haven't gotten a sense of who they are.

— Jared Harris

Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.

— Max von Sydow

There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if…

— Salma Hayek

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

— Anita Desai

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

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel…

— Shawn Levy

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

— Illeana Douglas

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

— Alexia Fast

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

There starts to be an overlap between you and the character.

— Stephen Collins

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.

— Tina Fey