Sydney Sweeney Quotes

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that.

For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.

When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character.

There is nothing like being able to develop a three-dimensional character over a long period of time. Sometimes you aren't able to fully portray a character because you only have a couple of scenes to do it in, and you don't get the full life and background of that character.

I don't know quite how a story develops in my head. It is a bit chaotic. If I am working on a series, one of the main characters at least is already in existence as well as some setting and minor characters. Finding the other main character can be a challenge. Sometimes this character already exists in a minor role in another book.

A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.

When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to.

I like to take a character and develop it.

Don't set pen to paper until you know your main characters inside out. Create files detailing their appearances, likes, dislikes, and personal background. You may not use all the information, but it is a crucial step in planning your story.

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

I've often said the reader knows every bit as much about Thorne as I do. When I created him for 'Sleepyhead,' I was determined he should be a character who would develop, book by book, change and grow as we all do, and who - crucially - would be unpredictable.

I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

The most I could hope for is to come and try and develop a character who is interesting, who is interesting to me, who is interesting to fans and who could contribute to the storytelling that is 'Law & Order: SVU.'

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

Schedules on TV are so tight, and it feels like they get tighter and tighter with every passing year. The idea of asking where your character's come from or where they grew up - you would just get a little bit laughed at.

Any time you learn something new about your character, that's really exciting.

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

When you get into a film, it is one story and one set development of a character, and you are able to delve into one character for a short period of time and discover everything about them.