Character Quote by Marion Cotillard

I don't control anything I create.

— Rhonda Byrne

When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as…

— Janet McTeer

I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters…

— A. S. Byatt

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are,…

— Thomas Middleditch

I try to create characters people want to sit with, even if nothing is happening.

— Jason Reynolds

I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot…

— Tom Clancy

I feel like, when I play characters, I create a space in myself that feels like the character and that doesn't go away. Somehow,…

— Greta Gerwig

I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Self-control is the only possible road to character development

— Dennis Prager

As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.

— Chuck Jones

I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.

— Jesmyn Ward

You meet people and you hear the way they talk and the way they behave, and that subconsciously gets fed into the characters you…

— Steven Knight