I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult.
Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.
I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.
With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.
I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.
Hair and make-up people don't get enough credit for what they do. It's not just making people look good. It's really creating the character.
To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.
Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.
I think what good television does well is that it shows characters evolving.
We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.
The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.
Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.
I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.
I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.
