David Cage Quotes

Now, I admire The Sims as a game, but from a story viewpoint, there are two glaring problems. First, your relationship with those characters is like they're bugs in a jar. There's no empathy. And secondly, you've got this clunky, chemistry-set interface between you and them, with bars to show how tired or angry they are. It's all tell not show.

In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've had in a while. It made me think it would be nice to stick with the characters for a little bit and see what happens.

Most games end up with quite caricature scripts because they are just here to serve the game-play mechanics but not to trigger any emotional response.

Sometimes I become attached to a character because I've gotten to explore him for so long, like in the case of Ben, but sometimes I fall in love with a throwaway character who exists for only one scene in a video game like The Drunken Villager in 'Diablo III' or Sandal in 'Dragon Age.'

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.

I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me.

I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.

Sometimes we need to step back and understand the power of video games. 'Dear Esther' does just that. Through visuals, audio, and narration, this title weaves a story around the player as they explore different areas in the game.

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

The video game market is huge, and the ability to tell stories, and tell different kinds of stories in the gaming space is quickly evolving and changing for the better.

And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist.

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

If I don't fall in love with my characters, I cannot shoot.

It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.

Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle.

What really motivates you to try to work things out as an actor is in large part fear, because you want to get into that narrative and bring the audience along.

In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people.

It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

I believe people leave a theater bonding with characters. Story is the vessel that carries character. Comedy is a very important component of expressing character.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.