Florence Pugh Quotes

You need the audience to become invested in the characters and in order to become invested, they need to identify with the characters... and that's why the characters need to be real.

All my characters have been relatable.

The real trick to these movies and making the big action sequences work - and I've forgotten this sometimes and screwed it up - the characters really have to be humanized. Because you can have the greatest special effects in the world, but if you don't care about the people in those effects, there's no impact.

I'm focused on finding characters I connect to.

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

Whether it was 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' or whether it's 'LSTCK,' the characters are real, and when you see them on screen, you can identify with them.

It's always exciting to create a character that people can relate to, where people are like, 'Oh, I know this dude,' but maybe you've never actually seen this type of character on TV.

As a writer, every time I create a character, I try to go for something to captivate the audience in some way. It's also an extension of how the audience would like to see themselves.

If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

There's no rule that we have to like the characters movies are about.

If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters.

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

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.

You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like.

I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.

If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty.

Audiences need to engage with characters.

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.

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

I don't have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. It's all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. It's always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

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.

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.