One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.
I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while!” ― Bill Murray character in Cadyshack
Color can be measured in the depth of ones' skin, however character is measured by the content of ones' heart.
For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.
I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.
The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.
I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really that person.'
I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.
An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed.
The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.
Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality.
Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word.
I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on.
It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.
I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.
I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.
