Character Quote by Ramy Youssef

Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV…

— David Simon

Traditionally, there's been a desire to make shows relatable so the maximum number of people would think of those characters as being recognizably like…

— Roy Price

When I was asked to write an article about what it was like to work with my husband on a TV show, I assumed…

— Christa Miller

The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll sometimes watch…

— Paul Rust

The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it…

— Shonda Rhimes

But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

— David E. Kelley

My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few…

— Sophie Hannah

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

— David E. Kelley

I had never heard anyone doing what my show does, which is put the focus on the human condition - whatever you're going through,…

— Delilah

Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching…

— Tatiana Maslany

It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.

— Haley Joel Osment