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Quotes About Characters

I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!'
~ Robert Carlyle
I don't have sentimental attachments to characters at all.
~ Martin Freeman
The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story.
~ Elizabeth Banks
The cast of 'Fukrey' will remain the same in the sequel. But the story is more of a fresh one.
~ Ali Fazal
A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.
~ Kristan Higgins
Usually, people begin with very clear ideas of good movies, they begin with clear ideas about their characters, and then, as they do sequels, they seem to forget the characters more and more, and try to out-spectacle.
~ Brad Bird
I love serial drama.
~ Todd Haynes
I'm very interested in writing an actual series, that doesn't have too much to do with my music - a world I create that has characters in it. I'm just trying to get there by doing things that I want to do.
~ Reggie Watts
It's great when you see things on a massive scale and you see these huge sets, but it's not the be-all and end-all - it can be about characters as well.
~ Alfie Allen
Whenever you're blessed and given a second season, you can really let the characters evolve. That first season, you're setting everything up. It's background, where they're coming from, what they want to do. And then you get to marinate in it that second season.
~ Katy Mixon
I want characters I can live for in a setting that makes me feel like I'm there.
~ Mary Kay Andrews
I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels kind of romantic and sexier to me. I really think they are the people that we learn lessons from.
~ Willem Dafoe
When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.
~ Omar Dorsey
As a massive fangirl myself, having people ship any of my characters is just beyond cool.
~ Sarah J. Maas
I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.
~ Jodi Picoult
When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.
~ Eugenio Derbez
In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.
~ Kent Haruf
I really feel like the stars have aligned many ways, many times for me. I have been blessed to play some awesome roles and nuanced and meaningful characters.
~ Teyonah Parris
I don't always get to do a lot of bad guys.
~ Ron Livingston
I've played killers, crazies, and really bad people.
~ Morgan Brittany
I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.
~ Richard C. Armitage
I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.
~ Maria Semple
You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.
~ Rob James-Collier
There's not many comedy characters that make me laugh as much as The Rock does; it's nice to have a big muscly guy being funny and stupid.
~ James Acaster