Character Involvement Quotes

When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so is your physical life.

The key to a good horror movie is what happens between the scares. The scares aren't the tricky part. If you're involved in what's going on in between, the scare is going to trick you. If you're not, the best scare in the world will not be scary.

I’m infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

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

I was supposed to do only one or two episodes of 'Big Little Lies,' but I realized I couldn't just step away.

I guess as a long time fan of 'Venom,' as soon as I heard they were making a standalone movie I got really excited at the prospect of being involved.

A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.

Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind.