“If I were to continue on with 'The Host,' which is a possibility, there are characters and stories that could continue... If I went ahead with that, it would be two more... Next would be 'The Soul,' and then 'The Seeker.” IfsTwoSoulCharacterStoriesWould BeNextPossibilityHostSeekers Author:Stephenie Meyer
“I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.” IfsImportantCharacterStoriesStrongChallengesQualityProductsScriptsGood StoryWhat's ImportantGreat Character Author:Corin Nemec
“I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.” IfsCharacterStoriesSeemsMightFilmNightHorrorScarySettingWeatherSettingsHorror Film Author:David Naughton
“I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.” IfsThinkingCharacterComedyObstacles Author:Kunal Nayyar
“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.” IfsWantWritingPersonsImportantCharacterStoriesCareHappeningsTake CareStrikesMoodThings HappenSensitiveThemeSparesTenseBowlers Author:Stephen King
“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.” IfsThinkingTryingPersonsCharacterWorryLet MeAgentsDescription Author:Vanessa Lengies
“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.” IfsTwoBookCharacterFilmHoursPagesScripts Author:Dino De Laurentiis
“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.” IfsThinkingWantCharacterActorsStarsCareersBeatsExpectationsMirrorsAdmireCuriousMovie StarCharacter Actors Author:David Oyelowo
“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.” IfsWellsKindI CanDifferentEndsPlayCharacterWould BeAbleBeautifulKnownCareersApproachCraftsThe End Of The DayDifferent KindsBeautiful Life Author:Adepero Oduye
“I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.” IfsThinkingWayEndsCharacterActorsLeftTermMake Sense Author:Molly Parker
“I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsGivingPersonsRealCharacterElementsPercentDeserveTrialsWitnessReal PersonGive 100 Percent Author:Pauley Perrette
“If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas.” IfsWritingIdeasCharacterProjectsSightDown AndListsDescriptionMonologues Author:Thomas Perry
“What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.” IfsWritingLooksI CanCharacterSpeakImagine Author:Thomas Perry
“My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.” IfsKnowsShouldCharacterBodyWould BeMovingCareersShapesConcernedAthleteLooking GoodGetting In Shape Author:Aidan Quinn
“You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.” IfsThinkingCharacterTvsNaive Author:Kathy Reichs
“Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!” IfsMenCharacterWould BeRightsEqualCeaseFollyDetrimental Author:Ernestine Rose
“If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.” IfsWantFirstsCharacterStoriesChallengesDealsDirectorsCriteria Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.” IfsCharacterOpportunityFeltCareersColorTypeCreating Author:Lance Reddick
“If you mentioned Hanna-Barbera to people, they said, "Oh yeah, Flintstone, Yogi, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons," and that was pretty much it. We have characters with very high recognition factors and great films, but no organized plans for really making the most of them and increasing their value.” PeopleIfsSaidCharacterFilmValuesPlansYeahFactorsRecognitionOrganizedThey SaidYogiGreat FilmScooby DooFlintstones Author:Fred Seibert
“But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.” IfsKnowsI CanCharacterStoriesHappensActorsFeltBehindsInvolvedScenePersonal LifeGet InvolvedBehind The Scenes Author:Eric Stoltz
“I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveStillsSometimesCharacterValuesAsksMoralOpinionStruggleIssuesMediaResponsibleDon't BelieveCensorship Author:Katey Sagal
“It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally, you don't get that opportunity. The narrative of a movie usually demands that you are that guy from the start.” IfsPlayCharacterGuyOpportunitySidesDarkChanceDemandNarrativeYellowThat GuyDark Side Author:Mark Strong
“I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis... Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away.” IfsWritingBookCharacterMovingPurposeBehindsReaderComfortablePagesUltimateSmellBlockNovelistsPlotOutlinesPhonyPlausibleSynopsis Author:Clive Cussler
“The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.” IfsFirstsI CanCharacterPracticeKnowingCircumstancesResearchConnectionsManifest Author:Joshua Leonard
“I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.” IfsFeelsI CanRealMatterCharacterActionInterestingReaderKingsRegardMeetingsQueensPlotCompelledTwistsMeeting SomeonePlot Twists Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.” IfsYearsLooksMadeCountryCharacterAbleLastsPovertyEconomyProgressGenerationsExampleGrewPercentEastIndianAsian1960sPhenomenalAsian Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a character address moral being in a universal and important way? If it does, then it's literature.” IfsWayDoeImportantCharacterLiteratureMoralReaderTruth IsUniversalAddresses Author:Whitley Strieber
“I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.” IfsCharacterDramaticSteers Author:Tate Taylor
“If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin.” IfsKnowsLittlesCharacterAmericaFantasticCharlieOrphanAnnieChaplin Author:Marguerite Young
“What it comes down to is I don't mind if Superman kills people because he has no reason not to kill people. I know that one of the tenets of the character is that he doesn't, but the reason that he doesn't is because having that much power makes you responsible for weaker people.” PeopleIfsKnowsMindReasonCharacterResponsibleNo Reason Author:Max Landis
“If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayNeedsKindCharacterRunningSpaceCitiesTreatsWho You Are Author:Chris Messina
“I'm not a fan of anybody music who I feel like a sucka. I don't listen to you. They play you in the club, you can have the #1 jam, but if I know your character, how can I listen to your music?” IfsKnowsFeelsPlayCharacterFansClubsJam Author:Gucci Mane
“No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves.” IfsThinkingPlayCharacterBoringIrritating Author:Nick Moran
“I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.” IfsThinkingYearsCharacter Author:Dominic Monaghan