Character Quote by Robert Englund

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

Inspiration is key for me in choosing characters.

— Morena Baccarin

I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.

— Gerard Butler

I never started from ideas but always from character.

— Ivan Turgenev

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

The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the…

— Keanu Reeves

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

— Ben Kingsley

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people…

— Maeve Binchy

I'm about my characters.

— Abel Ferrara

I like characters that make me feel challenged and sort of inspired.

— Paul Dano

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri