Famous Quotes & Sayings

Giancarlo Esposito

What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch.

Gillian Armstrong

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

Will Poulter

I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans.

Vikas Swarup

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.

Emilia Fox

I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal.

The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to be, but there's so many boxes you have to check off on a pilot that it can sort of hurt the storytelling in a way.

In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.

Brina Palencia

I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely.

Deborah Eisenberg

I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

Felicity Kendal

From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way.

Jason Moore

Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.

We know that when guests are familiar with Disney stories and characters they will enjoy the park even more, and want to come back again.

Sebastian Faulks

The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

Rupert Grint

The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.

Paul Bloom

I have my own difficulty with movies in which the suffering of the characters is too real, and many find it difficult to watch comedies that rely too heavily on embarrassment; the vicarious reaction to this is too unpleasant.

Ruth Ozeki

When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you're not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they're driving the vehicle.

Margaret Mahy

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.

Pat Mitchell

I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as they draw their characters and their stories from what they experience around them. After all, that is what actors, filmmakers, journalists are trained to be: observers. And then they do something with their observations.

Malala Yousafzai

I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.

Anthony Marra

To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real.

We've made every effort to create a world as close to the one in which our characters moved, ... a world that is coherent and convincing.

Tanith Lee

Usually the characters lead, but sometimes you have such a strong theme that... they won't let you.

Pablo Schreiber

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.

Billy Zane

I would love to do a comedy. The primary thing is complexity. The reason I play so many dark characters is because there is room for the unexpected.

Treat Williams

Most characters for actors like me are not very compelling because they're totally together and they don't have complicated lives.

Stan Sakai

Most of my female characters tend to be very strong characters.

Daniel Woodrell

Most of my characters aren't hillbillies anyway. Let's just call them proletariat with a disposition towards criminal activity.

Rachel McAdams

You know, I have some issues, ... But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

Drew Goddard

I think the thing I took most from game playing was just getting in the characters head. I took it really seriously. There's something about creating your character.

Michael Robotham

I write books that will make 10 or 12 hours disappear, and hopefully they'll resonate with you for a few days, where you'll remember the characters and the story. That suits me fine; I am happy with that.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

Orison Swett Marden

Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.

Zach Woods

I've played a lot of characters who are creeps or weirdos, with a deep darkness underneath the surface.