In terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago.Masahiro SakuraiCharactersLimits Share this
Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.Matt DamonCharactersDepth Share this
The cat is a character of being, the dog, a character of doing.Michael J. RosenBeingCharacters Share this
There are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn’t mean they’re not fascinating.Lynne TillmanCharactersFascination Share this
Characters can be mysterious and you’re not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.Michael ZaslowCharactersMysteryUncertainty Share this
If you have a character that doesn’t have anything wrong with him, there’s nothing funny about it.Will ArnettCharactersComedy Share this
There is no more interesting place in the world to meet characters than a movie set.Will RogersCharactersInteraction Share this
At the end of the day, if you don’t identify with the main characters, no television show will work.Hiro MuraiCharactersTelevision Share this
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.Henry David ThoreauCharactersUniverse Share this
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don’t tell them.Alan FurstCharactersCreativityInspiration Share this
The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.Damon LindelofCharactersOrigin Share this
There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.Dan ScanlonCharactersLovePopularity Share this
In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting.Danny PintauroAgingCharactersDepth Share this
Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.David CrossCharactersDifferences Share this
Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.David LevithanAuthenticityCharactersEmotion Share this
When you get into individual characters certainly there’s been things that have been updated .Kevin FeigeCharacters Share this
The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.Kurt BusiekCharacters Share this
You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.John LasseterCharactersStory Share this
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.Arthur SchopenhauerCharactersDreamUniverse Share this
Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.Sara SheridanCharactersConnection Share this
I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.Anita DesaiCharactersConnection Share this
You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.Joaquin PhoenixCharactersMoviesPurpose Share this
Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.John Stuart MillCharactersSocietyTradition Share this
Comics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit.Kazuo KoikeCharactersCreationSuccess Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity