Book Quote by Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's…

— Derek Jacobi

When you read a fantasy novel part of the fun is getting to explore a new world. Everyone knows that. But I believe the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

It's always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make…

— Michael Shannon

Well you have to do a tremendous amount of research and if you're playing someone who's a real life person, especially someone who's alive…

— Michael Sheen

I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.

— Jay Ellis

I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted. We often…

— Chris Abani

I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain.

— Jeffrey Combs

It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and…

— Sonu Sood

I find that when I play reality-based characters, it is only as fun for me if I have a lot of time to do…

— Daryl Hannah

I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.

— Francoise Sagan

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

— Penelope Wilton