Character Quote by Siri Hustvedt

I am really drawn to damaged characters, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Making those complicated characters empathetic is something to…

— Paul Haggis

To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me…

— James Lasdun

Good characters don't believe they're bad. As long as you as an actor believe in them and try to understand them, it's not hard…

— Alex Hogh Andersen

When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

— Randa Abdel-Fattah

Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the…

— Regina Brett

You have to imbue the characters with their own sort of feeling of justification and morality. Everyone has that, whether we see them as…

— Mark Russell

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

— Rod Paige

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

— Anson Mount

Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and their values.

— Mark Pellegrino

“Readers often root for characters that are innocent victims – or who are subjected to forces beyond their control.”

— Rob Parnell

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

— Laura Carmichael