“The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.” CharacterStoriesFunAudienceIntroducingFun Things Author:Damon Lindelof
“I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've kept myself busy recently. I voiced a character in 'Ice Age 4,' which was a lot of fun. I also did another small movie called 'The Scribbler.'” I CanCharacterAgeFunProjectsBusyIceIce AgeHiatus Author:Kunal Nayyar
“I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.” KnowsLooksKindSometimesPlayCharacterFunEnjoyWorryComedyToo MuchRiskDeludedPhysical ComedyWorrying Too Much Author:Amy Poehler
“I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentCharacterActorsFunSeeingDirectorsPassionateDifferent Ideas Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.” ThinkingWantArtPlayCharacterFormFunChallengesDarkActingRoles Author:James Franco
“I don't own an ounce of the work I've ever done on 'Batman,' and I still work on 'Batman.' I love the character, I think it's a lot of fun, and it's kind of fun to be in that ballpark every once in a while, where you're seeing a different crowd.” ThinkingKindStillsDifferentDoneCharacterFunSeeingCrowdsBallparks Author:Frank Miller
“All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.” CharacterActorsFunSidesFun Things Author:Vince Vaughn
“Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsDoneCharacterFunFindingsFifteenFifteen YearsCabaretFinding Myself Author:Faith Prince
“My role in 'Legally Blonde' was really rewarding, because I had so much fun working on the movie. I've had really rewarding experiences on tiny low budget films that you'll never see but where I had a cool time creating characters as well. I love almost all of the characters I've played.” WellsCharacterFilmFunRolesCreatingLowsTinyBudgetsBlondeRewarding ExperiencesCreating Characters Author:Alanna Ubach
“I think the more depth you build into the characters, and the more you see where they came from, the more fun you can have. Setting up different characters in different relationships is always helpful as you move forward.” ThinkingDifferentCharacterMovingFunDepthSettingMoving ForwardSettingsHelpfulDifferent CharactersDifferent Relationships Author:Rob McElhenney
“The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up to. And it's fun for readers to spot a familiar face, or pick up on a made-up book title or something from an earlier story. I don't know that it does -- or even should -- contribute to the story in hand being any better than it would have been without it.” KnowsShouldLittlesDoeHas BeensMadeBookRealSelfReasonCharacterStoriesHandsMightFacesFunReaderPicksFamiliarFactorsSpotsTitlesReferencingFamiliar FacesBook Titles Author:Charles de Lint
“All I know is it’s silly to chase fun when all you need is the ground underneath you to be solid. And I don’t expect to be one of those people that does cartwheels in yogurt commercials. I wanna be the cartoon character in that antidepressant ad who has, like, little lines under her eyes, and the divot in the middle of the pill is the pill’s mouth... have you seen this ad? It’s very good. It’s for Abilify, which is not a word.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLittlesDoeCharacterEyeFunLinesMiddleMouthsVery GoodSillyAdsHer EyesCartoonPillsYogurtAntidepressantsCartoon CharacterCartwheels Author:Julie Klausner
“I love putting on an outfit or a costume and just looking at myself in the mirror. Baggy pants or some real funky shoes and a hat and just feeling the character of it. That's fun to me.” RealCharacterFeelingsFunMirrorsShoesHatsPantsCostumesFunkyBaggy Pants Author:Michael Jackson
“Full of fun, over-the-top characters and witty prose, with a touch of gay romance that is equally pleasing to straight readers. The Edwin Drood Murders is the perfect mystery for educated, intelligent readers.” CharacterRomanceFunPerfectMysteryReaderGayMurderIntelligentWittyEducatedProseOver The Top Author:Rhys Bowen
“I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.” IfsThinkingTwoCharacterHappensFunWonderKissingDrawingGenreInevitability Author:J. J. Abrams
“I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is really a character to play. It's fun to be able to have a character and have a director that can direct you into a character. I'm just so happy that I got a good role. I don't care if it's bad or if it's good, and I don't care if it's drama or comedy. They are just so rare to come across.” IfsGivingLongPlayCharacterCareAbleHateFunRolesComedyDramaDirectorsDirectGive MeDon't CareLike MeI Don't CareHate MeYou Hate MeIf You Like MeIf You Hate Me Author:Salma Hayek
“I look for characters that are fun and that I'm going to have fun playing. By the way, that's whether it's drama, sci-fi, action, comedy, family movies or action-comedy. I just always want to have fun doing it. That's the bottom line.” WayWantLooksCharacterActionFunLinesComedyDramaBottomHaving FunSci FiBottom Line Author:Dwayne Johnson
“If I like it, if I think the character is going to be fun, if I think the story is good and if it appeals to me, then I want to do it.” IfsThinkingWantCharacterStoriesFunAppeals Author:Dwayne Johnson
“Hearing him speak is so fun, reassuring I dare say. You can say all you like about Sihanouk: that he's an atrocious liar, a madman, a fraud, a swashbuckler, an international blot. You may think that, but you cannot deny how in this age in which the political arena seems to generate only dull, obtuse and boring characters with no imagination, he's a kind of miracle.” ThinkingKindMayCharacterSeemsAgePoliticalSpeakFunImaginationMiracleInternationalDareBoringDenyHearingDullLiarsFraudArenaMadmenReassuring Author:Oriana Fallaci
“I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?” ThinkingDoeI CanPlayCharacterSeemsFunRolesApproachHonestlyGigsPhysicality Author:Halle Berry
“Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.” CharacterArtistFunFeltEnjoyDrawingHaving FunJerryLarks Author:Joe Shuster
“I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very much. It was a very, very special character and a very special series. And the camaraderie of it all. I loved it.” PeopleCharacterFunSpecialMissingSeriesEnjoyedCamaraderie Author:Derek Jacobi
“I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.” ThinkingRealCharacterFunSequelsFun Things Author:Julie Delpy
“Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading and feeling, walking around and listening to music. It really just because an internal exercise, whatever skills. It's great if you have to learn something new for a gig and designing a character physically is always fun but it does become an internal exercise in separating the wheat from the chaff.” IfsThinkingDoeDoneCharacterFeelingsHomeReadingActorsFunHoursRoomsMorningDesignListeningWalkingExerciseSkillsInternalsHotelSomething NewListening To MusicGigsWheatSeparatingHotel Rooms Author:Colin Farrell
“Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me, there isn't.” PlayCharacterFunElementsWho I AmPlaying Yourself Author:Octavia Spencer
“I think that always makes it fun, trying to create a heroic character and putting your own twist on it and injecting your own personality into it.” ThinkingTryingCharacterFunPersonalityHeroicTwists Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I actually like character work, so for me, generally speaking, I enjoy it. It's a little bit more of a comfortable suit you put back on. You can explore it and have fun with it and push the limits of it.” LittlesCharacterFunBitsEnjoyLimitsComfortableLittle BitSuitsHaving FunSuits You Author:Ana Gasteyer
“I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like: My character is just fine.” SaidCharacterFunBuildingFineMiserableCharacter Building Author:Diana Krall
“Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.” DifferentCharacterActorsFunGrowsRootsEnviousDifferent CharactersDeep Roots Author:Jaime Ray Newman
“The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.” WritingCharacterStoriesActorsFunFulfilling Author:Dominique McElligott
“Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.” WantTwoCharacterTogetherFun Author:Shelley Long
“It's fun to act, but for me, it's more fun to actually create the character and act it out knowing that I know everything about this character. That's more fun to me than just reading lines.” KnowsCharacterReadingFunLinesKnowing Author:Shane Dawson
“I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don’t have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.” LittlesCharacterRememberFunMy OwnDinnerHaving FunPersonal LifeNotebook Author:Angelina Jolie
“There's probably some buried conservative inside of me, coming out like a little gremlin in my belly that I've suppressed. This is a sort of character I've done before: He's kind of dumb and he's kind of arrogant, and a little seedy. A little coke-y. He's gotten into the cocaine or he's had too much coffee. It's been pretty fun. Not all the songs are like that but it sort of creeps in there.” KindLittlesDoneCharacterSongFunToo MuchConservativeCoffeeDumbBuriedComing OutArrogantBellyCreepsCocaineCokeGremlins Author:Tim Heidecker
“It was fun yet challenging to play the dual roles. I'm a really nice guy, and the character [of Dubious] is egocentric and hard-edged, so I had to pull out the negative aspects of me to attribute to the role.” HardPlayCharacterGuyFunChallengesRolesNiceNegativeAspectAttributesReally NiceNice GuyDubiousEgocentric Author:Carson Grant
“I've been lucky enough to work with the amazing Golden Globe Award winning Chris Colfer and that is fantastic. I get to work with him on a day-to-day basis and he is such a generous talent. Chris and I like to play. He always throws me things and I ping them back to him and it's really fun. We definitely have a very lovely rapport personally - I think on screen too - and I hope you can see that in the characters.” ThinkingEnoughPlayCharacterWinningFunTalentLuckyBasesScreensLovelyGoldenFantasticGenerousAwardsGlobesDay To DayRapportPingAward Winning Author:Darren Criss
“I would like to do any way possible that Howard Stark can make a return. He's such a fun character to play, and I really believe that he could make quite an exciting character to watch more of. The flawed entrepreneur, the kind of crazy playboy, from that era is an exciting concept.” WayBelieveKindPlayCharacterFunWatchesCrazyReturnConceptsExcitingEntrepreneurErasFlawedStarksPlayboy Author:Dominic Cooper
“The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.” ThinkingDifferentWholeCharacterChoicesFunTermActingRolesDifferent ThingsBuffets Author:Topher Grace
“I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do Parks and Recreation; a big fun character.” WorldCharacterBigsFunComedyMy FavoriteParksRecreationFavorites ThingsParks And Recreation Author:Ben Schwartz
“I've never played a character where I've had so much fun on the physical end. I don't want to say I like it too much but it's fun having a gun on you and getting to manhandle men.” MenWantEndsCharacterFunToo MuchGun Author:Charlotte Ross
“My character on 'I'm In the Band,' Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That's completely on the other end of the spectrum. There's absolutely nothing like Derek any shape or form. I'm having so much fun playing this egotistical, '80s-era rockstar - everything he does is from the point-of-view of a rockstar.” DoeEndsCharacterFormFunViewsShapesBandPoint Of ViewErasIron80sSpectrumAbsolutely NothingEgotisticalJupiterRockstarsWeasels Author:Steve Valentine
“Whats fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.” TryingCharacterFunStuckGenreNew Things Author:Steven Strait
“Night Owls is a fast, fun read that kept me turning the pages. Lauren M. Roy delivers a plot that zips, dialogue that zings, and a cast of characters you'll cheer for to the very end. Thumbs up!” EndsCharacterNightFunPagesCastsDialoguePlotCheerThumbsOwlZipsLaurenThumbs UpNight OwlZing Author:Devon Monk
“The thing to me that's fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic. And it's especially challenging when you're doing fantasy stories, when you're doing superhero types of things.” TryingCharacterStoriesSeemsFunChallengesFantasyTypeRealisticSuperheroBelievableFantasy Stories Author:Stan Lee
“It was a pleasure to have somebody else be the boss. It wouldn't have been nearly as much fun any other way. He's been around and made a lot of movies and he's a great straightforward person to work for. And it was a pleasure to see other people to pick up characters that you've sketched out loosely on paper and make them into something fascinating.” PeopleWayPersonsHas BeensMadeCharacterFunPleasurePaperPicksFascinatingBossStraightforward Author:Garrison Keillor
“When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.” WritingCharacterShowsSchoolUsedGuyFunStageTvsScriptsGet UpOperaImaginaryTv ShowsDressingsSoapThat GuyDressing UpSoap OperasWriting Scripts Author:Chris Lilley
“Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character's skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating.” WritingWellsI CanCharacterFilmFunViewsStepsRolesWonderfulDesignLimitsSkinsScriptsPoint Of ViewBudgetsFascinatingCompellingCostumesLightingZips Author:Robin Hobb
“I've actually always wanted to play the character a bit 'off'. I think that could be fun.” ThinkingPlayCharacterWantedFunBits Author:Christopher Sieber
“A lot of times when you do things where you're killing people, the character is always having an existential crisis about it. It's fun to be no-holds-barred and have no big crisis of conscious.” PeopleCharacterBigsFunConsciousCrisisKillingExistentialExistential Crisis Author:Rose McGowan