Character Quote by Mick Jagger

To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the…

— John Hughes

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

— Ludwig Goransson

I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character…

— Grimes

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene…

— Chris Cooper

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want…

— Clive Owen

You've got to be honest with yourself aesthetically about who could you play. You want to artistically be true to that character.

— Columbus Short

Any character can find an audience and work if you have passion for that character. You might have to just scrape off the dirt…

— Geoff Johns

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

— Armando Iannucci

It's very unusual for scenes to be added for a character.

— Jennifer Ehle

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

— Everett McGill

If you want to do your version, go off and write it. You bring your knowledge to it, and you can use that to…

— Jared Harris

You want the character to keep being able to grow through the process of writing, through the process of filming, and editing, you want…

— Anna Boden