Character Quote by Laurie Metcalf

Ultimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think my characters are all fairly fundamentally decent, even if they have negative characteristics.

— Sally Rooney

It seems to me that most characters, in anything, are flawed in some way, just like most people. You look for the good in…

— Aidan Gillen

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 find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect ones and enjoy the challenge of making readers root for them in spite of their…

— Emily Giffin

The characters are complicated. The people you think are bad, may not be so bad, and the ones you think are good, may not…

— Neal Baer

Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives.…

— Stephen King

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

I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock…

— Joel Edgerton

I feel certain negative characters, or the ones with grey shades, provide more scope for acting. These characters help you excel. And such interesting…

— Dino Morea

I think the most appealing characters for the audience are the ones that you never know whether to root for them or whether to…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their…

— David O. Russell