Asks Quote by Paul Haggis

I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go…

— Julie Kagawa

The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?'…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.

— Paul Dano

I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that…

— Adam Driver

Every so often you get to play wonderful characters maybe at the wrong time in your life. Sometimes, you get to play terrible characters…

— Jude Law

I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.

— Sasha Roiz

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

— Len Wein

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

— Edward Norton

I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.

— Adam Silvera

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved.…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it doesn't really…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that.…

— Rachel Weisz