Quotes about characters
characters clearly played shaped
I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that. Kate Winslet
characters elves massive tolkien
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the book. Evangeline Lilly
characters ron time
'Anchorman' is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It's my 'Gone With the Wind.' Eva Mendes
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The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance. Javier Bardem
characters sort
When I do 'Sweet Tooth,' really, whatever I want to do with the characters kind of goes. I'm sort of in charge. Jeff Lemire
characters far mostly played time violent watching
The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of time watching 'Fireman Sam' with my three-year-old son Louis. Tom Hardy
characters novels slowly stages
I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are. A. S. Byatt
characters life screen
I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me. Monica Bellucci
characters john studied
What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray. Mike Birbiglia
characters elevate enjoy entertain faith films goal great home inspire movies naturally theater
Our goal at Home Theater Films is to inspire and entertain our audience. We want to make great movies that everyone can enjoy and elevate them with contemporary, relatable characters that naturally demonstrate their faith in real world situations. Corbin Bernsen
characters full hopeful horror innovative trying
We're trying to tell a very full story of 'Nashville' and these characters in Nashville, and I'm really hopeful that we're going to be able to do something as innovative as 'American Horror Story' and 'Friday Night Lights.' And I think so far, we're on the right path for that. Connie Britton
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I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate. Cary Fukunaga
characters mortal relate simon sort work
In my own work, I don't have favorite characters, but I have characters that I relate to the most. And I relate the most to Simon from 'The Mortal Instruments,' and also Tessa from 'The Infernal Devices.' They're more sort of bookish and shy characters. Cassandra Clare
characters definitely heavenly tested wanna
I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are tested to their limits, and they have to make really significant choices about who they are and who they wanna be.
characters enjoy heart heroic love movies people playing
Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters. Dwayne Johnson
characters knowledge
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. Paul Haggis
characters create damaged drawn easy empathetic good guy strive sympathy
I am really drawn to damaged characters, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Making those complicated characters empathetic is something to strive for. It's too easy to create a good guy or a good girl.
characters charles death dickens emotions fiction led people series similar sure wept wrote
The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears. Paul Bloom
characters people possibilities seem women
The characters that aren't what they seem to be or women who are stronger than people give them credit for or characters you underestimate, I always think are really interesting because there are so many possibilities with them. Valorie Curry
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I'd say Rob Reiner's 'When Harry Met Sally' is my all-time favorite. It made me realize there's a way of telling a story where the audience is so in love with the characters that they forget you're even telling a story. Tim Story
characters delivering devoted evolving keeping keeps longtime series
One of the things I've found most challenging about writing a multibook series is keeping it fresh and evolving while still delivering the familiarity that keeps longtime fans devoted to the characters and story world. Tina St. John
characters great guest plot remember stars trying
I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment. Caroline Dhavernas
characters english-actress life lump reasons
It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are. Brenda Blethyn
characters purposely
To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese and so on. Will Self
characters exclusion faced fit minutes time viewer willing
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that moviegoers are willing to stay in their seats. Naturally, compression is necessary. So are the exclusion and amalgamation of characters so that the viewer does not become bewildered. Alex Gibney
characters choose chose french-actress full
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. Juliette Binoche
characters human love portrayed push written
I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.
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What I look for these days is that I don't have long speeches, the characters gets to sit down a lot, I don't have to learn any foreign languages, and it doesn't shoot in Minneapolis in February. That's mainly what I look for. Alan Arkin
characters love people sequel spend time
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
characters gave lit spark
'Dark Shadows' was the spark that lit the fire of my childhood imagination. It wasn't polished; it wasn't perfect. But it gave us characters with real personalities and complicated motivations.
characters easier wardrobe
It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially. William Sanderson
characters love miss movies realize
I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up. Dan Scanlon
characters interested kids readers writers
I am as interested in seeing what happens to my characters as any reader; that is why I tell kids that writers write for the same reason readers read - to find out the end of the story.