“I did The Seagull, the Chekhov play, on Broadway, a couple of years ago, and I had done it in London, and I became completely obsessed with the character, Nina, that I played in that. She's an actress. I couldn't find a play after that, that I wanted to do, because I couldn't think of doing anything else. Every part is a disappointment, once you've done that part.” ThinkingYearsDonePlayCharacterWantedCoupleYears AgoDisappointmentActressesLondonObsessedBroadwaySeagullChekhovNina Author:Carey Mulligan
“I've tried the female thing. I was in a movie called Dinner for Schmucks a couple of years ago with Steve Carell and I created a female character for that movie. And after a few months of trying her out on the road it just didn't work. I mean, I can think like a terrorist, I can think like a white trash guy, I can even try and think like an African American, but I can't figure out how a woman.” ThinkingTryingYearsMeanI CanCharacterGuyWhiteFiguresMonthsCoupleFemaleYears AgoDinnerTerroristAfrican AmericanTrashFemale CharactersWhite TrashSchmucks Author:Jeff Dunham
“There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.” YearsTwoCharacterActionThousandYears AgoThousand YearsHabitual Book:On directing film Source: On directing film
“The tweets are getting shorter, but the songs are still 4 minutes long. You're coming up with 140-character zingers, and the song is still 4 minutes long…I realized about a year ago that I couldn't have a complete thought anymore. And I was a tweetaholic. I had four million twitter followers, and I was always writing on it. And I stopped using twitter as an outlet and I started using twitter as the instrument to riff on, and it started to make my mind smaller and smaller and smaller. And I couldn't write a song.” WritingYearsMindLongStillsCharacterSongMillionsFourMinutesYears AgoInstrumentsI RealizedFollowersOutletsTweet140 Character Author:John Mayer
“Years ago, I was thinking about this type of character and what happens when you've lived in this sort of strange, surreal world where it's parties all the time and then you don't get to live there anymore. What do you do with the rest of your life?” ThinkingWorldYearsCharacterHappensPartyStrangeTypeYears AgoReal WorldRest Of Your LifeSurreal Author:Anna Faris
“Julian Schnabel painted a picture that he dedicated to my character in Rumble Fish. It was called The Motorcycle Boy. I remember when he brought it over to me at the Mayflower Hotel [in New York] years ago. This is when you and I knew each other.” YearsCharacterRememberBoysNew YorkYears AgoFishesHotelDedicatedRemember WhenMotorcycleRumbleMayflower Author:Mickey Rourke
“We live in a much more complicated time than when Superman was created 75 years ago. Or even when Superman The Movie was created in the 70s. There are great advances but with those come a great many complications.We felt that the character needed to grow up in that kind of environment and had to face those kinds of colossal choices that were not going to be easy. It's difficult to figure out the right path. And even if you do good there are causalities to your choices. We thought it would be compelling.” IfsYearsKindCharacterWould BeFacesChoicesGrowsFeltEasyDifficultGrowing UpPathEnvironmentFiguresNeededYears AgoComplicatedGreat MenCompellingComplicationRight PathColossalCausalitySuperman Movie Author:Charles Roven
“Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsTwoDifferentCharacterFilmActorsStuffWaitingCareersPlansHappenedInvolvedDirectorsProjectsYears AgoDecidedSevenAvailableSeven Years Author:Michael Rooker
“I remember when I read Walter, for example, six years ago now, I said, "This is the role for me." I said that to my family. There was something there that I knew was absolutely right, and that was just based on the character. That's when gut instinct comes into play. I know there are certain things I won't do.” KnowsYearsSaidPlayCharacterRememberCertainRolesExampleSixYears AgoMy FamilyInstinctGutsRemember WhenGut Instinct Author:John Noble
“We used hand-held cameras 50 years ago. It wasn't something new. Sometimes we used a tripod, or we'd have a tracking shot, and sometimes - like when a character was being chased - we used a hand-held camera because it was right for the scene. In those cases, it helped the mood; it created immediacy and a feeling for the viewer that they were in the scene and in the moment.” YearsSometimesMomentsCharacterFeelingsHandsUsedCasesSceneShotsYears AgoCamerasMoodSomething NewViewersImmediacyTrackingTripods Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Years ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the script is good and I met with Robert and we seemed simpatico and we developed. But I had a real passion for that role and that brought me deep into that film 'cause I got the sense that Robert Budreau was going to really let me be creative inside this part.” YearsRealPlayCharacterFilmPassionFeltCausesRolesCreativeMetsYears AgoLet MeScriptsBe CreativeBakersChet BakerSimpatico Author:Ethan Hawke
“What we saw with both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, that their response, whenever you point to anything in their record, is just to yell, "Liar, liar, liar," and to get very personal and to make direct character attacks. And my approach, from the very beginning of this President's campaign, starting a year ago in 2015, is that I will not respond in kind. I do not intend to insult any of the candidates.” YearsKindCharacterPresidentRecordsSawsTrumpApproachYears AgoDirectResponseStartingCampaignsCandidatesInsultLiarsMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“Sophie [Kinsella]'s writing just captivated me. We bought this eight years ago, before it became an international success and was only one book. Now there's five. So, we were very fortunate to latch onto a character who has since become an international success both as a novel and hopefully now as a movie.” WritingYearsBookCharacterNovelFiveYears AgoInternationalEightHopefullyFortunateSophieCaptivatedLatches Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“The other cool thing is, even with Jessica [Johnson], or Daredevil, I had taken a break from those characters for a while in the comics, so I can enjoy the shows without the agita. I completely love the Daredevil show. I feel no physical connection to it, because it was 10 years ago since I wrote that comic, so I can just enjoy it. And when people connect it in a positive way to me, I go, "Well, that's very f - king flattering!"” PeopleWayFeelsYearsWellsI CanCharacterShowsEnjoyBreakTakenKingsYears AgoConnectionsComicJohnsonFlatteringCool ThingsJessicaDaredevil Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal' of women. Even when I started out on 'The Office' eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, it's completely different.” WritingYearsDifferentCharacterWould BeFunnyUsedPerfectTvsOfficeFemaleYears AgoMalesEightUsed To BeOffendedFlawedPortrayal Author:Mindy Kaling
“Saul Bellow has that character in Henderson the Rain King say: "I want, I want, I want!"9 I remember reading this passage years ago and thinking, yes, that's the human.” ThinkingWantYearsHumansCharacterRememberReadingKingsRainYears AgoPassages Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I wanted to work with Barry [ Jenkins]. I am a big fan of his from Medicine for Melancholy years ago. Tarrell [Alvin McCraney] is my favorite playwright. I will do anything he asks. The characters were so clearly drawn and three dimensional. It was an easy thing to say yes to.” YearsCharacterBigsWantedThreeAsksEasyFansYears AgoMedicineMy FavoriteMelancholyPlaywrightEasy Things Author:Andre Holland
“It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I might be too old!” YearsPlayCharacterMightHappenedYears AgoOriginalsSevenI RealizedFenceBroadwaySeven YearsAugustScreenplaysWilson Author:Denzel Washington
“In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.” YearsFirstsArtBookCharacterLiteratureCenturyYears AgoSeriesFascinationMedievalGrimDiscworldReaperGrim ReaperMedieval Times Author:Terry Pratchett