Character Quote by Lucy Coats

“You’re his what?” “Amanuensis.”

— Janet Evanovich

Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.

— Julian Barnes

My last two characters have been Denethor and Walter Bishop. Both will be hard acts to follow. That sits in the hands of my…

— John Noble

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

— Andrew Davies

It's funny, I used to say on 'That 70's Show', you could really put us in any decade, and it was about the people…

— Laura Prepon

I like looking at the characters. Seeing them always brings up some voice or attitude. I am much more visual, and that works so…

— Frank Welker

I say characters who are strong and wrong just have an assuredness about them that you can't even wrap your head around, you can't…

— Ego Nwodim

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

— Hiro Murai

I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for…

— Cate Blanchett

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,…

— Morgan Freeman

You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny.

— Julian Fellowes

I have played several characters that are crabby and cranky. I don't know if I'm just not a very well-developed human being or if…

— Judy Greer