I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.
I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books.
I do like to explore evil characters in my books.
I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.
The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.
Don't break character. You've got so much heart
One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.
None of my characters have really had jobs.
Character built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving.Be aware!
It is the character of lived experience I want to explore, not the nature of man.
In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness.
In a way, the characters often do take over.
I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.
