Mira Sorvino Quotes

I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

In 'Me Before You,' the two characters popped into my head fully formed, which is really strange and unusual. Other books, I sit on them for two or three months. I have a whole routine: I buy a nice book; I hand-write all their characteristics. I put them through little tests just to see how they would react to things.

I create a playlist for each and every character that I play.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

I spend a lot of time with my characters.

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.

I like to take a character and develop it.

I'm about my characters.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.

I love creating new characters that are whatever they are.

To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.

You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be right.

A new character is like bringing a new human being into your life.

There's some of me in all my characters.

There is no creative process to come up with a character of Dean Ambrose.

I love all the characters I write.

In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain.

One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don't have any awareness of the character.