Agree Quote by Michael Hirst

You have to imbue the characters with their own sort of feeling of justification and morality. Everyone has that, whether we see them as…

— Mark Russell

The characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and you connect…

— Aaron Ehasz

I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.

— Karin Slaughter

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

— David E. Kelley

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never…

— Michael Douglas

I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other,…

— Ivan Reitman

It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some…

— David Maraniss

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and…

— Callie Khouri

I think the best characters are people you're not sure of, that you keep on going: 'God, I hate that person,' but you can…

— Adrian Lester

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate…

— Oliver Stone

When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as…

— Nicole Holofcener

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character,…

— Thomas Bernhard