Quotes About Characterization

There is a tendency in the media to simplify me to the point that I am somehow a tough guy. I think there is a lot more to me.

I think 'Two Towers' is a completely distinct film from 'Fellowship of the Ring' or 'Return of the King.' I think that you can watch them as a group and watch how the story evolves, but I think each one was made in its own entirety, and each one has its own palate of sound and music and color and characterization.

Women can be divided, more or less, into cows and shrews, and the shrews are to be avoided. [p. 74]

I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

Hello, Lilly said.Movie. Of your life.You were portrayed as shy and awkward. I am shy and awkward, I reminded her. They made your grandmother all kindly and sympathetic to your plight, Lilly said.It was the grossest mischaracterization I've seen since Shakespeare in Love tried to pass off the Bard as a hottie with a six-pack and a full set of teeth.

I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation.

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

I think that's what Peter Morgan does so well, is to show very balanced sides of everyone.

I think Bellator gets it, they want to build a character around each and every guy on the roster. They want to build up the names and let people see the real sides of them and they can build that up.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

It annoys me when people can't differentiate between the character and the actor, which is a little bit silly.

As it is, we could not call mine a beautiful puss, but it does the job well enough, distinguishing the front of my head from the back.

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character.

There were certain things that I tried to do on 'Karamchand.' Initially, they were hated, but eventually everyone loved the characterization.

My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for me to write from an abstract idea, no matter how interesting or compelling I feel the idea might be.

I separate myself from my characters as much as possible, but I have these books that I create which are interactive diaries/timelines/memory books/pictures of the character's entire world.

The token gay character is always so funny and so fantastic. That's happened a lot. Or they're often purely victims.

He was a half-pint at a hair over five-foot-eight and,

It's slipped into usage with somepeople like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.

I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date.

Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.