Character Quote by Michelle Monaghan

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.

— J. Michael Straczynski

I want to give my characters nuance.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I'm pretty good at fleshing out characters. I like to crawl inside their minds and imaginations and sort of loll about. Sticking to a…

— Gina Ochsner

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.

— David Bowie

It's always quintessential to create complexities in characters.

— Myha'la

When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my…

— Andy Serkis

I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.

— Sam Underwood

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

— Patrick deWitt

The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less…

— Gary Cole

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of…

— Paul Dano

It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow…

— Ginnifer Goodwin