Jennifer Beals Quotes

In 'Poster Boys,' every character is well defined.

Great novels have great characterization no matter what. But multiple points of view let me examine characters from entirely different perspectives, allowing me to learn more about everyone in the process.

Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.

I spend a lot of time with my characters.

'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid.

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

It's always incredible though when you feel like the writer knows the character intimately and can see their life sprawling away outside of the show.

Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail.

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.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.

'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.

I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

The characters, to me, in 'Homeland' are not one note in any way.

I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.

The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters.

The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

I am looking for a character that connects to me on some level. It has to be about something, it has to have depth to it and it has to be about something. The story of the character and their relationship with the people and places around them appeal to me and are what I look for.

I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.

“Frank’s” really different from everything I've done. Maybe the one thing that's the same, and the thing that I tend to do, is that I think I can create an intimacy with the characters, like a sense of presence with the people in the film, and that's what I tried to do in “Room” as well.

All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.