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Characters Quotes

As a comedian, I’ve tried to use my characters to get people to let down their guard and reveal what they actually believe, including their own prejudice.

– Sacha Baron Cohen

Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.

– Henry Winkler

Aaron Echolls is one of the best characters that I’ve ever played.

– Harry Hamlin

I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

– Irrfan Khan

A lot of my characters are anti-heroes that became heroes.

– Irvine Welsh

I don’t like sympathetic characters.

– Howard Barker

All of my characters are less than perfect.

– Barbara Park

Characters don’t belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

– Antonio Banderas

For ‘Game of Thrones,’ I realized immediately that it was about the characters.

– Alex Graves

I’m about my characters.

– Abel Ferrara

There are bits of me in all my characters.

– Chris Lilley

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

– Aaron Paul

Few characters in history are indispensable.

– Albert Bushnell Hart

For me it’s a compliment, playing baddie characters. I take it as a compliment.

– Ben Mendelsohn

After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

– Claire Tomalin

I really believe in the characters I play.

– Minnie Driver

I don’t agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

– Noah Baumbach

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

– Gordon Ramsay

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

– Miranda Otto

I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness.

– Matt Lauria

During my career I’ve enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

– David S. Goyer

I love playing characters who are opposite of who I am.

– Maiara Walsh

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

– Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

In a way, the characters often do take over.

– Margaret Mahy

If you don’t have obsessions, don’t write. my characters are obsessed.

– Marguerite Young

All my characters have playlists.

– Michael K. Williams

Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.

– David Cross

I like characters who are contradictory.

– David Bergen

I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.

– Donald Trump

I’m much more low-key than the characters I’ve played.

– Matt LeBlanc

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