“Yeah, what happened was Universal wanted one of the characters to be nice so they chose me so there was a scene where the girl was tied to the bed and I let her go.” CharacterWantedGirlNiceHappenedSceneBedUniversalYeahTiedBeing NiceLet Her Go Author:Matthew McGrory
“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
“I always wished there was somebody like the Coen Brothers and they appeared. And so yeah, my favorite role that I've ever done was in The Man Who Wasn't There. That's my very favorite character I've ever played.” MenDoneCharacterRolesHe ManBrotherYeahMy FavoriteCoen BrothersFavorite Characters Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.” KnowsCharacterTvsYeah Author:Will Arnett
“Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayCharacterRolesYeahIntenseAccusedMischiefFlatteredChristine Author:Sharon Gless
“Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open those books, you open The Flowers of Evil and begin to read. If it were written today, you'd be absolutely stupefied by the work. It's this incredible period where the work is timeless, ageless. So yeah, I just love all those guys. It's my deep passion in those great 19th century writers.” IfsBookStatesCharacterTodayGuyPassionEvilLiteratureWonderfulWrittenCenturyFlowerPeriodsYeahIncrediblesWorking ItTimeless19th CenturyAgelessFrench LiteratureBaudelaireDeep Passion Author:Johnny Depp
“Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' yeah, that's what I look for.” IfsThinkingLooksI CanCharacterStoriesYeahRecognise Author:Tom Hanks
“With Eclipse, I felt like I was doing a completely different movie and a completely different character. So, yeah, it was nice and challenging.” DifferentCharacterFeltChallengesNiceYeahEclipseDifferent Characters Author:Robert Pattinson
“I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.” CharacterYeahTragicClown Author:Amy Sedaris
“Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I know other people simplify but that's not for me, this is a complicated business. They're wrong. You can change the world in 140 characters.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsCharacterChallengesAcceptingYeahExcuseComplicatedComplexityChanging The WorldSimplify140 Character Author:Keith Rabois
“I was pretty confident that I'd be playing something, if James Gunn could convince Marvel Studios and Disney to cast me. He's involved with the casting too, but if he could convince them to go along with him and agree with getting me on the roster, then yeah, I would have voiced Groot. Not a problem. Groot is an awesome character.” IfsCharacterProblemInvolvedAgreeYeahCastsStudiosConvinceCastingRosters Author:Michael Rooker
“Yeah, my role is gonna be a character by the name of Yondu. And there's gonna be more of Yondu. Yondu is gonna be even more handsome. Perhaps maybe Yondu will add some more bling to his teeth and wear some more jewelry. I don't know. It's gonna be a lot of fun. I've got my fingers crossed that we'll flush out the character even more.” KnowsCharacterNamesFunRolesYeahAddFingersTeethHandsomeJewelryBlingFingers Crossed Author:Michael Rooker
“The intimate conversations have its moments, because you have to sell the characters, because there is so much going on. It's so easy to get lost in the special effects and forget about the performances. The dialogue scenes have been great. It's been great working with Bryan and the writers to find where we're going and what's the story. Yeah, it's been really, really interesting.” Has BeensMomentsCharacterStoriesLostEasyForgetInterestingSpecialEffectsSceneConversationPerformancesYeahSellsDialogueIntimateGreat WorkReally InterestingEasy To GetSpecial EffectsBryanIntimate Conversation Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“Yeah, it's scary. During filming, it wasn't just jitters from being the newer guy there or the greenest guy there. It was also fear of not messing up such an important character.” ImportantCharacterGuyYeahScaryMessing UpJitters Author:Steven Yeun
“Yeah, we've become really good friends. Our characters start dating in the book, and um, yeah, I think we - and we made up little back stories to our characters and little outtakes that we'd bring up to Edgar as a joke, and you know, kind of see different sides of stuff. So yeah, we have a really good time.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesMadeBookDifferentCharacterStoriesStuffSidesJokesDatingYeahGood TimesGood FriendDifferent SidesReally Good Friends Author:Johnny Simmons
“Losing builds character. So, if you're the loser in your family, don't worry. 'Cos twenty years form now, that perfect can do no wrong brother of yours is going to show up at your house, bald, fat, divorced, with six kids who all hate him and he's going to ask you for money. And because of your character, you're going to look him right in the eyes and you're going to say, You know what, I'll give you some money. If you mow my lawn and detail my car. Oh yeah, then you can shampoo the tail. Loser.” IfsKnowsGivingYearsLooksCharacterShowsEyeKidsFormHateAsksHouseCan DoPerfectWorryCarBrotherSixLosingTwentiesYeahDetailsFatsOur FamilyLoserTailsDivorcedLawnsHate HimShampoo Author:Christopher Titus
“Yeah, and the language the "we" has, and the character the "we" has. Because that was the part of the book that I didn't plan out, but the part that I was most curious about as I was writing. You know what you're doing, but you're sometimes still sort of curious as you're writing it.” KnowsWritingStillsBookSometimesCharacterLanguagePlansYeahCurious Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“To improv-nerd-out for a second, it's like the most aggressive yes-anding you can do - if someone's like, "Yeah, you're super thin, right?" And you just pull that into a character and do seven more episodes of the podcast and remember to bring that up.” IfsCharacterRememberCan DoYeahSevenAggressiveEpisodesNerd Author:Jon Gabrus
“When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character that are likeable, or at least human, and not to go at it with any sort of predetermined notions as to what that character is.” ThinkingHumansCharacterHateActorsApproachI HateYeahNotionPretentiousPredeterminedLikeable Author:Steve Carell
“[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It's an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It's great. Yeah, I'm excited.” CharacterEasyRichStrangeDoctorsYeahExcitedMealsEasy Things Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“[In the Flash my character] is not even CSI, it's forensic, talking about the stratum corneum...Yeah, I was referring to my Latin book often to make sure I pronounce things correct.” BookCharacterTalkingYeahLatinFlashReferringForensicsCsi Author:Tom Felton
“It was really the dream role, and when they first cast me, and I started playing Dolores [in the Westworlds] and all I knew was the analysis mode and her prairie-girl character, I thought, "Yeah, of course I can do this, and I'm good at it, but why did they pick me?" Not because I'm not capable, but I'm also kind of a tomboy, edgy, so I was curious.” FirstsKindI CanCharacterDreamGirlCoursesCan DoRolesCapablePicksYeahCastsCuriousAnalysisEdgyPrairiePick MeI Can Do This Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Yorgos Lanthimos said, "What about if he's a bit soft?" And I said, "Yeah, I think you're right." He just comfort-eats a little bit too much. He's just asleep in his own life and has let himself go. And the mustache, I don't know if it was him or I suggested it. But I remember my sister was watching me eat and she was like, "God, does he have to be fat?" And in retrospect I couldn't think of David being any other way because it affected the way I moved. It really did. It slowed me down in a way that I felt was conducive to kind of tapping into the spirit of the character.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindLittlesDoeSaidCharacterRememberSpiritFeltBitsToo MuchComfortLittle BitYeahMovedFatsAffectedMy SisterRetrospectMustacheTapping Author:Colin Farrell
“I like actors who just become that person and then react, and Adam [Driver] is completely reactive in that way. So every day working with him was really a pleasure. And he's in almost every scene in the film, so the poor guy had to work the - almost the entire 30 days of our film shoot. But, yeah, he was really a pleasure, and I really love what he - how he embodied this character.” WayPersonsCharacterFilmGuyActorsPleasurePoorSceneYeahDriversAdam Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I loved the role [of John Wick]. I loved the action. I loved all the new characters. The world expands into the Underworld. It's getting bigger. Yeah, it was a really great experience [in John Wick 2].” WorldCharacterActionRolesBiggerYeahReally GreatUnderworldGreat Experiences Author:Keanu Reeves
“I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me to give him notes. And they were all male characters, and I said, "You know what would make this character more interesting?" And he asked what - and it's this road trip between three guys, basically, one older man, one 30-year-old and a 13-year-old mechanic. And I said, "If you make the 13-year-old a girl, and you make her an Indian-American mechanic." And he said, "What do you mean?" And I said, "Yeah, don't change anything in the script about him, and just make it a her."” IfsKnowsMenGivingYearsMeanSaidCharacterTogetherGuyGirlThreeInterestingMy FriendsYeahNotesMalesScriptsIndianMechanicDon't ChangeAmerican IndianRoad TripOlder Man Author:Karla Souza
“Also to get to see over the course of time how they change, and how Andy [Hertzfeld], regardless of how he's treated, still maintains a friendship with Steve [Jobs] over the course of time. Enough to want to show up and cheer him on. It says a lot about his character, and also that he cares about Steve. Yeah, I find it moving, and I find it a lovely thing on Andy's part.” WantStillsEnoughCharacterShowsCareJobsMovingCoursesYeahLovelyTreatedCheerLovely Things Author:Michael Stuhlbarg
“There were [in Wilson] a lot of clues in it that you don't normally get, you know, normally you use your imagination or whatever, you get some clues in the script, of course, but yeah, it was really helpful, and I really like the graphic novel. There's stuff in there, there's a couple things in there I really wanted to use that they couldn't get in the movie, but it's definitely, he's a unique guy, you know, I never read a character like this before.” KnowsCharacterUseWantedGuyCoursesStuffImaginationNovelCoupleUniqueYeahScriptsHelpfulClueGraphicWilsonGraphic NovelsCouple Things Author:Woody Harrelson
“A comic book is the opposite of a cartoon. In a cartoon, you want to simplify the idea, so when they look at it at a glance, they get it. Boom. Simple. Direct to the point. But when you're drawing Groo, now it's a narrative, a story. You want the viewer to get involved in the story. You want him to feel like he's in the town to follow your main character. So I love to add lots and lots of things in it. Things that people will enjoy going back to and say, "Oh yeah, that's how a market must have looked in this fantasy world, with people selling meat here and dishes here."” PeopleWorldWantFeelsLooksBookIdeasCharacterStoriesEnjoySimpleFantasyInvolvedDirectOppositesTownsYeahAddDrawingSellingComicNarrativeMeatDishesComic BookCartoonViewersGlancesGet InvolvedSimplifyWant HimMain CharactersFantasy Worlds Author:Sergio Aragones
“You can't take yourself too seriously. Like, yeah, I'm doin' all that, but still I don't feel like I've done anything, really. I feel blessed 'cause I'm doin' all these things, but I'm not satisfied. I still have that feeling like, "Who am I? Who am I to have an ego? Who am I to change up and act like some Hollywood character?" Technically, in the grand scheme of things, I haven't done anything.” FeelsStillsDoneCharacterFeelingsCausesHavensEgoHollywoodYeahBlessedSatisfiedSchemes Author:J. Cole
“I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character.” KnowsBelieveDoeDifferentCharacterActorsLevelsResultsPersonalityBecomingYeahDon't BelieveCome UpComplicatedConsistentManifestFormulasBelieve You CanSeanDifferent LevelsI Don't Believe You Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.” IfsThinkingMeanCharacterCan DoMaterialsDirectorsYeahCastsLooking ForwardCan Do Something Author:Orlando Bloom
“Yuki: What could I learn from a stupid cat like you? You didn't even know that Jason isn't really a bear! He's a character in a horror film! Kyo: So what if I didn't know? Like I'd waste my time watching some dumb movie about a bear! Yuki: You truly are an idiot...” IfsKnowsCharacterFilmStupidLike YouBearsHorrorWasteCatYeahIdiotMy TimeWhat IfJasonHorror FilmWasting My TimeFruits Basket Author:Natsuki Takaya
“Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.” KnowsFeelsFirstsRealCharacterDrawsDiscoveryResourcesYeahFeel GoodGet UpMake You Feel Good Author:Eric Clapton
“There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd say, 'Yeah well, that's not me. I'm just interested in that because I think it makes a funny drawing.' But later I understood it was me in many respects; my hand was doing it ahead of the head's understanding.” PeopleThinkingWellsCharacterWisdomHandsUnderstandingLonelinessUnderstoodLonelyYeahDrawingCartoonDisconnectedSo Lonely Author:Michael Leunig
“I liked a lot of Tyler's character, the rebelliousness and audaciousness of it, it's like a fantasy of myself, like yeah, I'm the kind of guy who just randomly gets in fights. Yeah, I do it all the time. But, not really.” KindCharacterRememberGuyFightingFantasyYeah Author:Robert Pattinson