Laura Jane Grace Quotes

I've been a fan of Lara Croft. She's gorgeous. She's sexy. She's iconic. She's British.

My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel.

Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character. I surrender the book to her.

As long as 'Tomb Raider' will have me, I will be their Lara Croft.

Kratos began life as an anti-hero at a time when anti-heroes in games were scarce.

I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.

The idea behind 'Gloria' was to take a secondary character - the aunt, the mother - and stay with her as she becomes our protagonist.

I love the role of Ripley.

It's called 'John Wick' - it's really about this guy's very simple journey. We just didn't want to clutter it. It's gratifying it in its own right, in its simplicity.

With something like 'Tomb Raider,' it's very intimidating to step into the boots of Lara Croft.

I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.

It wasn't until 'Double Take' that I was in a movie as the leading man, in a character that was more straight and less broad than the other character, and where the story is really about him.

You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit more of a blank slate.

I want to give every single character the dimensions and complexity of a main character.

Ariel got me into animation. She was the first Disney heroine that really felt alive. She felt like a real young woman.

To me, there was something moving about the idea of telling the story of a lady who is, in a way, a forgotten character - someone who would normally be a secondary role in a movie.

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

I had no idea what 'Life is Strange' was going to be when I auditioned. I had no idea what 'Horizon' was going to be when I auditioned.

The script of 'Shaapit' was such that the leading man couldn't be shown indulging into anything heroic.

The first game I remember being ridiculously passionate about was Super Mario Bros. 2. It was the first game where you could play as Princess Peach. It wasn't just a game where the boys had their adventure. Peach was in the game and she was so powerful there.

I feel I have been playing all primary characters. And if your character forms a connect with the audience, it doesn't matter if you are playing only the main solo lead or a second lead.

Yes, Charles Yu names his main character after himself. That main character, in fact, is both time-machine repairman and author of a book called 'How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.'

There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I like that.