Exaggerating Quote by Julia Davis

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level.…

— Lauren Lapkus

I have a lot of people in my life who are truly ridiculous characters, and they're very, very funny people, but they don't really…

— Emile Hirsch

I suppose I'm what you'd called a character actress, so, often, my characters are quite extreme.

— Rachael Stirling

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

— Dakota Fanning

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then…

— Rachel Weisz

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.

— Virginie Ledoyen

I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!

— Michael Scott

I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.

— Taylor Sheridan

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

— Toby Jones