Character Quote by William G. Tapply

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of…

— Paul Dano

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

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

When your characters are really living they tell you what they do.

— Andrea Arnold

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as…

— Frederick Busch

You have to find something you relate to in every character.

— Aya Cash

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

— Darren Boyd

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all over again,…

— Joel Coen

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life's unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how…

— Michael Josephson