Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aleksa Palladino

One of the benefits to television is that you're with these characters for years, you know them so well.

Alessandro Nivola

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

Alessandro Nivola

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.

Aleksandar Hemon

There's something in psychology called the narrative paradigm, which essentially means that we think of our lives as stories in which we are the main characters.

'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.

William Sanderson

It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.

Anita Roddick

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

Dan Scanlon

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.

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.

Annette Bening

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.

Wal-Mart would have an impact on the whole character of communities, not just in Pajaro, but up and down the coast.

Denis O'Hare

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

Dennis Franz

Changes have taken place since year one. When Caruso left, that was a big change. We've been able to adapt nicely. It's given us new opportunities for different characters and story lines.

Catherine Hardwicke

I try to learn on each project, try to really feel what the characters are feeling.

Corin Nemec

I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time.

Danny Pino

The most I could hope for is to come and try and develop a character who is interesting, who is interesting to me, who is interesting to fans and who could contribute to the storytelling that is 'Law & Order: SVU.'

Blake Lively

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

Kevin Whately

I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.

Mike Newell

Tiny moments like that will keep the characters alive.

John August

Tim's characters tend to wear darker colors and some, like the corpse bride, are no longer living, but they have a pluck and a spirit that makes you fall in love with them,

This stings, but you know what? You just get back to work. There's a lot of character in this room, and maybe going on the road is not the worst thing that could happen to us.

Kevin Spacey

The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.

Mike Birbiglia

What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.

Corbin Bernsen

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.

Connie Britton

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.

Cary Fukunaga

I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.

Cassandra Clare

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

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.

Dwayne Johnson

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.

Dinaw Mengestu

As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his reality, because I think that's pretty much what being a writer is - being there, watching and internalizing.

Paul Haggis

You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.

Paul Haggis

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.