But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.
Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story.
The tough challenges we encounters, makes us stronger, and wiser. With each victory we gain something of value; our character is strengthened.
When we help others to perform at the highest level of their potential, we receive something of value; our character is strengthened.
I don't look in the mirror and think that I have flaws. I actually look in the mirror and see me. I see a lot of different characters and a lot of different things.
I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is.
I've read all the 'Game of Thrones' books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.
I always play these rodent type characters - skittish and hyper like a chipmunk. It's a complete act though. I'm a very normal person.
For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out.
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the book.
There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.
