Leigh Whannell Quotes

One never wants to do anything that's going to break that 'sculpture of the character' that's been done so far, or make anything that's been done so far become illogical in any way, so you always want to try to connect when you're doing a series of films that has a continuous character.

I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.

The Woman' came off the back of a film called 'Offspring' in which I played the same character.

My character on 'The Good Wife' is a smaller character, and his story arcs are typically season-long, unless it's a big episode for him. His transitions take place over many, many hours.

I'd never really been in a series, where you see a man at different points and perspectives in his life. Usually it's a film, where I'm playing a character who just comes in and offers something up.

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters of the book.

If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale's a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I'll be very, very pleased.

One pleasure of working on a trilogy is watching characters warp and grow over time.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.

Although when I start a novel I know how it will begin and end, I like to let the people within the story take me on a journey between those points without having a fixed plan.

I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

With a series, you build the character as you go. When you've got a shorter project or a film, you know the overall arc from the beginning.

It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters.

Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.' He didn't really change.

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

I look for roles where there is some kind of an arc to the story.

What's fun about doing a series is you get to take some time to create the character.

I love doing a series because you get to see changes in a character and see her grow. It's a journey with change, and you don't get to see that long-term type of development with just a film.

When you're doing a movie, it's finite - you have a trajectory of where your character's going, and you follow that. Then the storybook closes.

My history is that I will create a character, and they will have a book to themselves, and then I'll integrate the character into the larger world of all my books.

We did so much work developing the character of Kratos, why would we throw all that out? We're sort of treating the first seven games like chapter one of this character's life.

I want to do roles that are important for the story and not there for ornamental value or to just aid another character in the film which is often a 'friend's role' in mainstream films.