Action Quote by John Irving

I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

— Dorothy Allison

That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.

— Taika Waititi

With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters,…

— Ariel Winter

I think it is a blessing to be known by the name of your character. How many characters can we count on our fingertips?…

— Varun Sharma

I'll play a happy character, but most characters are driven by a pain or a fear. They are driven by something deep down, and…

— Emory Cohen

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or…

— Nelson DeMille

I don't know what the character is going to be. We sit down and we create a character, and all of the characters in…

— Mike Leigh

We will win with character, not with characters.

— Bob Weltlich

[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try…

— Cindy Sherman

I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to play God,…

— Michael Morpurgo

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it…

— Penelope Cruz

I do not imitate characters, I try to find their soul.

— Sunil Grover