Character Quote by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

My favorite kinds of stories are the ones that have these big crazy genre hijinks and then a real honest, meaty, emotional story where…

— Greg Pak

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

— Drew Goddard

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

— Marlon Wayans

I look for those moments that are 'gee whiz' moments. There's some 'gee whiz' stories in our show, and they can't be written like…

— Shepard Smith

Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.

— Gary Oldman

The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved…

— Mark Waid

I just like stories in which characters are struggling with something, whether it's an external force like in 'Vanishing,' or in 'Session 9,' where…

— Brad Anderson

I try to have all my characters have a sense of humor. To me the most interesting thing is a desperate character. I think…

— Bobby Cannavale

In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like…

— Anthony Doerr

Today the challenge is not visuals, but to be able to tell a riveting emotional story, something that can reach deep down inside the…

— Gabriel Campisi

I'm interested in telling stories about characters that are interesting and who are challenging in some way, one that will make you think about…

— Dee Rees

It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty, that allow…

— Kevin Macdonald