Always Quote by Markus Zusak

I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.

— Nicolas Cage

What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have…

— Callie Khouri

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters…

— Dana Carvey

I am attracted to characters who are in worlds where they don't belong and who have great ambitions that they imagine will somehow reconcile…

— Bennett Miller

I don't want to make fictional characters who are perfect - that's a vanilla situation - but the fact is you are allowed to…

— Debra Granik

I mean, I don't relate to characters who are perfect. If someone offers up somebody as a role model, I'm going to be like,…

— Torrey Peters

The recipe for any character is always very interesting, as far as what doses of certain qualities you want.

— Joel Edgerton

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

— Terry McMillan

The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people…

— Maeve Binchy

I think real humans are so complicated, and often [characters] are written more one-dimensional without maybe even the writer knowing it. I've felt numerous…

— Kristen Bell

All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try to discover…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu