Characters Quotes

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play. The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him. In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission. Another excellent specimen of the modern zany is the curate, who apes the rector, who apes the bishop, who apes the archbishop, who apes the devil. - Ambrose Bierce

You've got loggers and fishermen in Seattle who didn't know what sushi was a decade ago, eating it at the ballpark and wearing headbands with kanji [Japanese characters] on them... That's quite a transformation. Ichiro is the one who is responsible for that shift. - Robert Whiting

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects. - Jane Haddam

You're looking for characters to tell particular stories, and then on top of that, you're looking for a populace that you can achieve an interaction with. We discovered that the series really wants to be a comedy more than a drama. So we are looking for characters and actors with strong comedic skills as well as dramatic skills. - David E. Kelley

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after. - Douglas Sirk

You'll be amazed by what they can come up with when they compare the different cultural versions of the same story. They can point out similarities and differences in the characters and plot. - Cindy Williams

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors. - Wes Bentley

You see the characters capable of wonderful and shabby behavior. Anne is more complex. She?s the one you see make the journey. She gives her inner thoughts. She?s very harsh on her mother. I think the characters are richer. - James Edmondson

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. - Joaquin Phoenix