Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quotes

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.

I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.

I generally like grey roles. My interpretation of drama is different from the popular perception. Acting, for me, is not about overplaying, it is about concealing. I like flawed characters that people relate to. I would never do a romcom.

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.

The most interesting characters keep us hooked. Not likeable ones! Iago, Shylock, Darth Vader - are they likeable? Do you want to invite them to dinner?

It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.

I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

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

To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theater. That's a great experience, but as a woman, especially, you've played a lot of idealized characters. So when you've got someone who has weaknesses as well as strengths, that's interesting.

You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.

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

I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.

I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.

I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes characters compelling.

When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.

I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.

With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting.

My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.

I find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect ones and enjoy the challenge of making readers root for them in spite of their unsympathetic path and destructive choices.

I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.

I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way.

'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.

I like those really multidimensional characters like Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt.