Character Quote by Zoe Cassavetes

It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.

— Lynn Nottage

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

At a personal level, I rather like it if you can create characters and storylines that don't have to rely on being crude and…

— Ruth Jones

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these…

— Torrey DeVitto

The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

— Jonathan Kellerman

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your…

— Edward James Olmos

I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little…

— Fred Armisen

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

— Clint Eastwood

Instead of playing heroes and righteous people, I'd rather portray characters with problems of conscience who have to lie, to betray, and then have…

— Vincent Cassel

A character to me can't be contrived. I don't like to contrive characters. They have to have an element of truth.

— Jack Kirby

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

— George Bancroft