Antagonist Quote by Michelle Richmond

Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike one of…

— Margaret Atwood

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly…

— James Norton

I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or…

— Jason Biggs

Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

For me, portraying a character is not about liking or disliking it; it's about meeting a challenge that's thrown at you.

— Manoj Bajpayee

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious…

— Todd Solondz

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

We need to learn how to handle critique and how to address an antagonist.

— Ravi Zacharias

People don't usually compliment your character.

— Taylor Swift

Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it comes to…

— Quentin Tarantino

Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.

— Kenneth Tynan

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable