Character Quote by Kevin Spacey

Building a relationship with the character. It's just like sitting with someone you know. It's very easy to predict when they're going to shake…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

When you're a writer, there is a selflessness that has to happen; you have to have equity with how you treat each of the…

— Natasha Rothwell

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

— W. E. B. Griffin

You learn the values that are inherent in the scene that the writer has written. You learn about who you as a character are…

— Angela Lansbury

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks…

— Randy Couture

It's a great luxury to have the writer with you on a new play because you can write and re-write, just trying to get…

— Richard McCabe

You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.

— Brian Tyree Henry

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a…

— Susan Minot

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you've written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious…

— Joel Schumacher

When you're a writer, if you're very lucky, you create these characters that you fall in love with, and you feel like they're guiding…

— Janet Varney