Quotes About Characters

Though I enjoy playing historical characters, it is very taxing.

I think it's very hard to talk about these characters in a closed-ended, sort of non-sequel way, especially characters like The Flash and Green Lantern, which have such rich, long histories.

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

2021 is my 40th year working in the industry and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than directing 'Holding.' It's a beautiful piece of writing with a great story and fantastic, full-bodied characters.

Once I fall in love, finishing a story leaves a hole in my heart. The characters become your friends.

There are so few shows that are willing to take risks with their characters in the way that 'Homeland' does. And yet, the audience still comes back and loves those characters.

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

To some degree, Hollywood doesn't know what to do with me because the characters I do are so different. But hopefully, that will give me longevity.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a 'SpongeBob' comic book from me. All the stories will be original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' series.

I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to let something out and hoping people relate through that or have fun experiencing the story.

Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things - they're repellent and lovable. They're not likable, but they're lovable. I think Christine is one of those characters.

I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.

A really good horror film has a story.

Marvel has, like, 9,000 characters. They could do a horror movie tomorrow and call it Marvel. They can do anything.

I wasn't thinking that I was two horrors back to back; I was thinking these were characters that I want to play.

Neither of us were experienced hosts on television. But the show seemd to moved in the direction of our characters, the way we approached things. It evolved around us and the things we think are interesting.

We don't have a problem killing off characters on 'House of Cards.'

I used to be a good story writer. I could make up a story with like, eight people in it and tell you where they all lived, what color their houses are.

One of the defining things about my career on camera is I like to play different characters. That gets difficult to do. People don't trust you to do something different. In animation, it's all about trust and how far can you go away from yourself. It's a really marvelous environment that's extremely creative.

'Modern Family' is unique in that it's telling the story of three different families, which is a huge amount of characters to service.

I ended up making my name at Marvel, but I've always desired greater access to the DCU characters. Bottom line: I'm a huge fan.

College applications are such a huge part of senior year, yet often times you never see characters in books actually do work.

I really enjoy 'Mad Men,' but I'm hugely into 'Homeland.' The characters are very well drawn and complex.