Ethan Carter III Quotes

You couple that with how I looked when I was younger, and growing up... The voice is not quite breaking. It's awful. No, I don't enjoy that at all. But that's one of the things people love and find so endearing about the Harry Potter series, and why they've lasted so long. Because people have grown up with us, and they care about the characters. They're not just some characters in the film, they're people you can relate to, and you care about, and you grew up with, and when they die in this film, people feel it!

If I watch something, I want to be wondering what is going to happen next; I want to be engaged in a way that makes me ask questions and think about how I can relate myself to the characters and the issues that are there. But if it's just fluff, and everything is spelt out, I find it difficult to concentrate.

I think the key is to give the reader characters they not only care about, but identify with, and to never take away all hope.

But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all. I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment.

If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

Big stories need human stakes.

If you don't care for the villain, if you don't love him and hate him at the same time, then he's just boring.

I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell are you supposed to say about that person? It's much better to have something between you and your main character that grates.

I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.

In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people.

I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.

I've found I can plunge the characters into whatever absurd, awful situation, and readers will follow as long as the writer makes them seem like 'real people.'

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.

I really felt good after working in a film like 'Piku,' as many people could relate to my character. I got letters from my fans telling me how my character resembles to their grandparents.

In terms of the parallels, I've never related less to a character than Riggan.

I love connecting with a character out of the blue, not knowing why.

When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.

When it comes to your hero, what the readers really fall in love with are his flaws. No one ever falls in love with a perfect hero.