Breathing Quote by Nathan Fillion

When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

— Nathan Fillion

Characters begin as voices, then gain presence by being viewed in others' eyes. Characters define one another in dramatic contexts. It is often very…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think always whenever we're casting a movie, it's about sitting down with somebody and feeling in them some kind of the element of…

— Anna Boden

The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all over again,…

— Joel Coen

Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

— David Levithan

I believe that every character I create is in their own film, that happens to overlap with the main film. There are complete and…

— Ana Lily Amirpour

As actors, we have to take characters, and we have to feel for them and ultimately become them, and share that on screen so…

— Ross Butler

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

— Nicholas Lea

Everything we do is about the emotion of the characters. We believe the better the emotion, the better the movie.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow…

— John Lasseter

Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going on and…

— Danielle Panabaker

The secrets that the characters hold are held back from the audience, and that's such a delight to hold onto. When you're playing scenes,…

— Tom Hughes