Character Resolution Quotes

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

Every time I talk about 'The Shield' I kind of talk about it from three perspectives, as if I'm three people, because I'm a fan of the show. I'm in love with all the other characters and their journeys and their work. But then, as an actor, I love getting this kind of rich material and having to do it. As my character, did my journey finish?

I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again.

I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character and the third acts and all this stuff.

With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

In the writers' room, when we talk about each episode, we first talk about the character journey of the episode.

I left it entirely in the hands of the 'Emmerdale' team and had no input into how Andy would leave. I put my full trust in them to come up with a way for him to leave that was fitting for the character.

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

I'm able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie.

I've had such an incredible arc, so it made sense to me, creatively, that we've told Laurel's story. It has come to an end in the 'Arrow'-verse.

The only problem with the way they do my character is that they have her get redeemed too early.

I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption - or just to kill them.

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.

I don't think I'm going to be back on 'This Is Us.' I think that Uncle Ricky had his moment; he did what he had to do.

I have picked 'mainstream' films only because there is a story, and there are lovely people attached to it. That's a conscious decision always for me. What's the point if there is no story to tell?

As far as the destiny of the character, I just play them until they're gone. I try not to get too involved.

I'm beginning to feel that no author has the right to tear his characters apart if he doesn't know how, or feel that he knows how (poor sucker) to put them together again. I'm tired—my God, so tired—of leaving them all broken on the page with just 'The End' written underneath.