Quotes about characters
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I would say as a journalist, I would envision travelling to other countries that have had to reckon with their past and see how they've done it: what worked, what didn't work, finding characters that would tell the story of how that process was done. Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.' Jonathan Jackson
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I guess I cringe when the discussion leads to, rather than books and sentences and characters and the stuff that writers are supposed to be concerned with, how to have an online presence and how many followers you have on Twitter. That stuff always makes me uncomfortable. Alice McDermott
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I have distinct tastes on these characters and I will fight for them. Greg Rucka
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If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere. Jojo Moyes
characters suspense
If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow. Julie Kenner
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I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family. Jesse Williams
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We try to find big, funny moments that are going to make people laugh and talk about the next day, but if we can get people emotionally invested in these characters as well, (they're) going to want to come back week after week, Greg Garcia
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Much ink has been spent on the tale of getting the show to the screen, ... The proof is in the product, however, and we say without reservation it is a series that charts entirely new ground in terms of scope and ambition, yet remains rooted firmly in the fundamentals of solid characters and well-told stories.
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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story. Gayle Forman
characters entertain job letting
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. Karin Slaughter
characters exactly
My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them. Scott Thompson
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One pleasure of working on a trilogy is watching characters warp and grow over time. Chuck Hogan
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One of the things that fascinates me most about the toys of the Sixties and Seventies is that they were characters without stories, as such.
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More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. Melissa McCarthy
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My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. John Searles
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My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start. Maria Semple
characters comic guess lifelong love
Obviously, I love superheroes; I love comic book characters, but I... I guess I've had a lifelong affection for comics, and while I love the characters so much, I also love the medium. Marc Guggenheim
characters matter
That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them. Kurt Busiek
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Some actors can create characters and leave them at 'Cut!', but I work the opposite way and drag them out of me. For me, it's about fixing your fabric to fit the role. Sam Worthington
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Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters. Tatiana Maslany
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about. Nathaniel Philbrick
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Sherlock Holmes is a massive figure in people's minds. More massive than a lot of real historical characters - these figures have real weight. They might be just made out of words and paper, but their effect in the world can be massive, if they've got the right kind of mass, the right kind of gravity and momentum. Alan Moore
characters prefer transform
Modeling is a lot of fun, but I prefer acting. It's so much fun to get to play different characters and transform into someone else for a while. Melissa Ordway
characters hit people pulling
Many people have done really well pulling their characters out; I think 'Wayne's World' really hit the mark. Stephnie Weir
characters cultures gypsies last squeeze stuck
So It's really about characters and sub cultures again. About gypsies and things that I couldn't squeeze in the last one, I stuck in on this one. Guy Ritchie
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She was a marvelous playwright who wrote vital, important female characters and vital, important male characters. Like many writers, she drew on personal experiences. But she was also a gifted observer of the human condition.
characters relate
Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking. Issa Rae
characters mistake
Make no mistake about it ? I wanted the characters to know what we're doing, Michael Shea
characters consumers convince early excessive glamorous lucky men morally nicely possible repugnant sort stereotype strikes
'Mad Men' is nothing more than the fulfillment of every possible stereotype of the early 1960s bundled up nicely to convince consumers that the sort of morally repugnant behavior exhibited by its characters - with one-night-stands and excessive consumption of Cutty Sark and Lucky Strikes - is glamorous and 'vintage.' George Lois
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Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white. Harlan Coben
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Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most of the time... well, I don't. It's like this whole heart-throb nonsense. It's flattering, but that's not how I feel in the morning. It's something that goes with the job.
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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. Giancarlo Esposito