Backgrounds Quote by Kelley Armstrong

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for…

— Sibel Kekilli

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

— Alexia Fast

I'm much more character based. I try to just be really committed to what I'm doing.

— John C. Reilly

I never liked the whole idea of [creating your own] background, if it's not pertinent, where the character lived as a child, and who…

— Maria Bello

I do that with all of my characters. They have one of the flaws I have, and I zero in on that flaw.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

I kind of put myself out there a lot just because I trust the people I'm working with. You have to see what works…

— Terry Crews

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

— John Wooden

If I'm practicing making up what the characters will do, it's never good. In fact, when I catch myself doing that, I try to…

— William Gibson

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

— Terry Goodkind

Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

— Terry Goodkind

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

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco