About Quote by Paul Dano

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

— William G. Tapply

It was our goal to dig into the characters and really try to find out why they think the things they think and why…

— Marshall Curry

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.

— Kurt Vonnegut

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about…

— Anna Boden

A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a…

— Susan Minot

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

It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think…

— Aaron Ashmore

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

— Todd Lieberman

You write a character, but in essence, it's just a concept of what it could be, and then actors come in and they have…

— Panos Cosmatos

It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the…

— Walter Hill