Bunch Quote by Michael Arndt

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

— Nina Tassler

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to…

— Mandy Patinkin

If your character is written well and is meaty enough, even two scenes has the potential to stand out.

— Varun Sharma

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and this is…

— Wilbur Smith

I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories. You end…

— Jeff Bridges

Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.

— Mason Cooley

You have a lot more leeway to be contradictory playing a character than most of the scripts have in them. That's how all actors…

— Joel Kinnaman

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

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

— Rick Riordan

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah