I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're existing characters, I'll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you're drawing a c...
I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It is something I do. But I don't want that term to limit what I can do. I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than '...
Authors may have very good reasons for staying out of character's minds. What is in their mind ought to be out in the world of their action anyway, just as in Real Life. Inside is already out there, and visible. It is also a reader's responsibility t...
[W]e wouldn't want to read a book about a perfect character who never struggles with character flaws, a difficult past, or interpersonal conflict. Writers can powerfully connect with readers when they venture to these thin places of pain and brokenne...
Character? I should have thought it needed a good deal of character to throw up a career after half an hour’s meditation, because you saw in another way of living a more intense significance. And it required still more character never to regret the...
A character is a completely fashioned will.
My character in 'The Caller' is very normal.
I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.
It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.
The climate informs the character.
I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.
The actors I admire are character actors.
I don't like sympathetic characters.
I've always loved the underdog characters.
If I don't love my character, I can't do it.
You never play age, you play character.
If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.
The darker the character, the more interesting.
I always look for contradiction in a character.
