Always Quote by Michael Sheen

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

— Kurt Sutter

Clearly, I'm drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

— Jacqueline Carey

Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for some reason,…

— Gbenga Akinnagbe

I'd say I'm drawn to characters that ring true to me. Adolescence is a troubled time for everyone, so a lot of those characters…

— Ezra Miller

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

— Penelope Wilton

Many of the characters who appear in the pages of the Fourth Gospel are literary creations of its author and were never intended to…

— John Shelby Spong

A lot of people have asked me about some of the characters that appear in 'Clockwork Prince,' like Aloysius Starkweather and Woolsey Scott. A…

— Cassandra Clare

As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

“Characters are not what they first appear, they are layers upon layers and that's the interesting bit.”

— Brenda H. Sedgwick

I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to…

— Jaume Cabre

One of the many falsities of fiction that we accept quite happily is the non-ageing of characters as they appear across series and sequels.

— Michael Rosen

For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn…

— Ruth Wilson