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“I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.”

Want Mean Play Character Interesting Projects Filmmaker Interesting Characters

Author:Dylan O'Brien

“And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.”

Two Character Feelings Company Theater Active Nyu

Author:Elizabeth Olsen

“The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play.”

Different Play Character Deals Depth Layers Great Character

Author:Frances O'Connor

“With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.”

Character Shows Fans Like You Assuming Come Up Up To You

Author:Kaitlin Olson

“I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.”

Knows Character Huge Unique Dreamer Flavor

Author:Nick Offerman

“I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.”

Character Use Memories Fire Special Singing Syllables Special Things

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“I had wanted to be a regular character on a series for a while. 'The Brady Bunch' was an answer to a prayer.”

Character Wanted Prayer Answers Series Bunch Brady Brady Bunch

Author:Susan Olsen

“I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.”

Character Influence

Author:Tea Obreht

“I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it.”

Thinking Trying Play Character Emotion Focus Shame Relate Frustration Load Soup Helplessness Unfamiliar Psycho Unfairness

Author:Terry O'Quinn

“My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way.”

Way Character Jobs Focus Honest

Author:Danny Pudi

“I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing the world and the people around me and their characters and letting them kind of explode off me and to find out why they're doing what they're doing. But then every once in awhile, I get to take on a whole new character.”

People Thinking World Way Kind Whole Character Blank Canvas Observing Blank Canvas Observing The World

Author:Danny Pudi

“There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality.”

Character Interesting Tvs Amount Female Complexes Males Mess Remarkable Sexism Flawed Female Characters

Author:Ellen Pompeo

“In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.”

Character Tvs Standards Clubs

Author:Jay Pharoah

“A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.”

People Knows Trying Years Wells Character Feelings Might Journalist Listeners Good Writers

Author:Louise Penny

“I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.”

Years Book Character Wanted Turns Rights Tvs Series Request Turned Down Tv Series

Author:Louise Penny

“I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.”

People Needs Should Writing Believe Looks Play Character Would Be Able I Believe Social Challenges Lines Views Class Crosses Males Gender Point Of View Good Writers Social Class Chameleon

Author:Marisha Pessl

“When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.”

Thinking Writing Trying Sometimes Character Song Term Creating Theme Visuals Transfers Soundtracks Creating Characters

Author:Marisha Pessl

“Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face to face.”

Character Christian Faces Purpose Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Preparing Catastrophe Face To Face

Author:Kenneth Boa

“I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.”

Mind Art Character Dangerous Training Martial Arts Confession Assassins

Author:Sam Rockwell

“The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about character or theme or mood or mode or tense or person. But bowlers say, if you make the spares, the strikes will take care of themselves. If you can tell a story, everything else becomes possible. But without story, nothing is possible, because nobody wants to hear about your sensitive characters if there's nothing happening in the story. And the same is true with mood. Story is the only thing that's important.”

Ifs Want Writing Persons Important Character Stories Care Happenings Take Care Strikes Mood Things Happen Sensitive Theme Spares Tense Bowlers

Author:Stephen King

“A Jew remains a Jew. Assimilalation is impossible, because a Jew cannot change his national character. Whatever he does, he is a Jew and remains a Jew. The majority has discovered this fact, but too late. Jews and Gentiles discover that there is no issue. Both believed there was an issue. There is none.”

Doe Character Facts Issues Impossible Late Remains Majority Jew Too Late Gentiles

Author:Ludwig Lewisohn

“I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.”

Different Play Character Wanted Different Characters

Author:Stephanie Leonidas

“I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Persons Character Worry Let Me Agents Description

Author:Vanessa Lengies

“Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.”

Feels Important Character Enjoy Acting Expression Comfortable Singing Incredibles Just Being Costumes Wigs Chameleon

Author:Brie Larson

“Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.”

Stills Character Courses Acting Boring

Author:Christopher Lambert

“With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.”

Character Lines Sacrifice Ultimate Paid Soldier American Soldier Ultimate Sacrifice

Author:Dan Lipinski

“It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.”

Mind Whole Character Food Determine

Author:Emmet Fox

“If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.”

Ifs Two Book Character Film Hours Pages Scripts

Author:Dino De Laurentiis

“One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.”

Done Character Actors Audience Laughing Comedy Fronts Comic Comedian Misconception Make You Laugh

Author:Eugene Levy

“Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.”

Has Beens Character Scientist Prejudice International Disappear Search For Truth Disappear Completely

Author:Irving Langmuir

“Ugly Betty' has been the most important thing I've ever done, easily. I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again - Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep... I really got to showcase what I could do with a character.”

Has Beens I Can Important Done Character Able Imagine Important Things Ugly Showcase Ugly Betty

Author:Ana Ortiz

“I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.”

Ifs Thinking Want Character Actors Stars Careers Beats Expectations Mirrors Admire Curious Movie Star Character Actors

Author:David Oyelowo

“Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.”

Want Play Character Reality Would Be Actors Like Me

Author:Emily Osment

“I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.”

Want Real Character Stories Real Character Real Story

Author:Adepero Oduye

“At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.”

Ifs Wells Kind I Can Different Ends Play Character Would Be Able Beautiful Known Careers Approach Crafts The End Of The Day Different Kinds Beautiful Life

Author:Adepero Oduye

“I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.”

Trying Different Character Film Range Different Characters

Author:Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

“I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.”

Character Film Faces Choices Interesting Cutting Projects Majors Theater Flags Dolls American Flag

Author:Amanda Plummer

“I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial.”

Want Feels I Can Real Character Special Findings Superficial

Author:Aubrey Plaza

“There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.”

Play Character Draws

Author:Aubrey Plaza

“The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.”

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Author:Azim Premji

“I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.”

People Feels Kind Littles Character Bits Strange Comfort Normal Enormous Authenticity

Author:Missi Pyle

“America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.”

Character America Willing Islam Radical Rejects Bent Conquest Assimilation Radical Islam

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more on the story and the characters. I think that there is something about dirty, gritty and raw filmmaking that makes it feel a little more natural and makes it easier to connect with the action.”

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Author:Oren Peli

“I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.”

Thinking Want Important Character Stories Shows Care Week Balance Drama Horror Important Things Compelling Tricky Great Character

Author:Oren Peli

“I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.”

People Thinking Enough Character Left Lines Fields Complexes Unexpected Intriguing Sitcom One Line Left Field

Author:Pete Postlethwaite

“My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year.”

Way Years Mind Heart Character Bigs Age Young Novel Issues My Favorite Wide Make Sense Range Broads Tackling Young Minds Mockingbird Kill A Mockingbird

Author:Ridley Pearson

“One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.”

Needs Real Character Faces Strive Realism Dilemma

Author:Tamora Pierce

“After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.”

People Writing Character Wanted Animal Creatures Communicate Dragons Recluse Mythical Creatures Lioness

Author:Tamora Pierce

“I'm a character actor.”

Character Actors Character Actors

Author:Aaron Paul

“One of the benefits to television is that you're with these characters for years, you know them so well.”

Knows Years Wells Character Television Benefits

Author:Aleksa Palladino

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