Character Desire Quotes

Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants.

I'd love to be on 'Glee.' I'd love to play a rebel. Be a real biker chick in leather and covered in tattoos.

I want to play a villain - I can't wait to play a villain.

Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

I've always wanted to play a teacher.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.

I'd like to be someone on 'Games of Thrones.'

There seems to be a feeling we need Klaus to be in 'The Vampire Diaries,' surely and partially because of the Klaus and Caroline dynamic, but many people love the character. They want to see more of the character, but people really have a tendency to fear the unknown.

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

My characters - no, make that most characters - are seeking the shelter of narrative resolution, a place of quiet and grace.

All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire that a character has and then you follow that. The other part is that every scene raises an expectation in the reader's mind - that's part of its job is to make you look in and be curious.

It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.