Character Quote by Nora Roberts

My characters are usually composites. I wish I could pretend that I make up all of these characters, but no. I steal from people.…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect…

— S. E. Hinton

I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it.

— Peter Carey

Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.

— Taika Waititi

I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!

— Michael Scott

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

— Marcia Gay Harden

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

— Illeana Douglas

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your…

— Edge

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or…

— Nelson DeMille

I work really hard on every character and do everything in order to make it look authentic.

— Sonu Sood

When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.

— Chadwick Boseman

It's better if you just base your character exactly how you see it and not base it on anyone else.

— Emily Osment