Character Quote by Thomas Perry

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

— Dorian Missick

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

— Nell Freudenberger

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

— Manuel Puig

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world…

— Jennifer Egan

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try…

— Omari Hardwick

Want to recognize a person's character? so give him mightiness.

— Anonymous

I think you can say so much about a character in lots of subtle ways.

— Lynne Ramsay

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

There are things you can say in the voice of a fictional character that you could not explore any other way.

— ContraPoints

There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations…

— Greta Gerwig