Audience Quote by Judith Light

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

— Paula Patton

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that…

— Martin Scorsese

The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from…

— Paul Newman

I usually focus on the whole group of characters in any given work-in-progress, and as a result they become particularly dear to me as…

— Vera Nazarian

I think that in many ways, my work is very character-driven and not necessarily embodied by me, but definitely me as the orchestrator or…

— Julio Torres

I tend to enjoy roles that I very closely identify with: fringe people and complicated characters, who might even be bad guys, or bad…

— Dylan Sprouse

I think my role is as a writer, especially, and then also as a speaker, an organizer, and an entre- preneur of social change.…

— Gloria Steinem

I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally.

— Kim Cattrall

For me, a story has to have characters, and my role should be meaningful. At the end of the day, people should say that…

— Nithya Menen

The part of my life where my character was defined was at work because of the decisions I make and the things I do,…

— Jed Mercurio

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

— Robert Duvall

I'm pulling out different aspects of my personality in writing each character and, if I'm doing my job well, I'm being true to the…

— Bill Watterson