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Characters Quotes

The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms. . . and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together Picture Quote #1

I populated ‘The Bourne Identity’ with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character Picture Quote #1

Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters Picture Quote #1

I think people are excited because, even watching ‘Boy Meets World,’ you can tell that those characters are going to do something when they get older. I think people are excited to see characters they grew up with continue Picture Quote #1

A lot of times I think the cast members, the lead characters in a show really set the tone for the show. On some shows, the stars of the show will just be whining and complaining and spending the whole time texting their boyfriends on their Blackberries, and there’s just no attention given to the work Picture Quote #1

I was creator and executive producer of ‘The Brady Bunch’ on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was a repeat of the old scripts. The ‘Gilligan’ musical is a completely original work with all seven characters and 18 original songs Picture Quote #1

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I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point Picture Quote #1

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages Picture Quote #1

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking and rule-following Picture Quote #1

Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that’s why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in characters who aren’t broken. I’m not interested in happy people. It just doesn’t draw me as a writer Picture Quote #1

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I always find it actually funny that the analysis is that the characters I play in comedies are the manchild, the adolescent, characters that refuse to grow up. And yet, if you look back in the history of comedy all the way back to the Marx brothers, that’s a big part of comedy Picture Quote #1

The characters are great, and this is the first adventure of the brothers Grimm, so there’s plenty of potential to make a franchise. We’ve been quite successful in the past, so anything like that, if it does pay off with hopefully the good movie that I think it will be, it pays off also down the road Picture Quote #1

Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another Picture Quote #1

In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be Picture Quote #1

For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn [Whittrock] and Michael Chiklis. So a lot of these actors are people I’ve been a huge fan of for years and are bucket-list actors for me to get to work with. It’s pretty surreal now getting to step into scenes with them.You all get to find your characters together Picture Quote #1

You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters Picture Quote #1

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What’s so cool about movies is once you’re done with the movie, you put it away and come up with a whole new different idea with different characters and a different world. But in TV, you build these characters, and you build this world, and then you’re there for however long you do the show Picture Quote #1

Making playlists can kill a whole afternoon for me. I like building very specific playlists for new writing projects. In a strange way, choosing certain songs is part of the process of plotting the book out. I pick songs that I think with resonate with characters, their personality quirks, relationship dynamics, action scenes, and so on Picture Quote #1

I tend to spend a lot of time building characters that the reader will believe in and sympathize with Picture Quote #1

I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn’t say that it was about the building of characters Picture Quote #1

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they’re in the screen Picture Quote #1

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I don’t like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don’t control Picture Quote #1

If you’re soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don’t mind kicking sand in your face Picture Quote #1

It’s always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is Picture Quote #1

I’ve been fortunate to play many different types of characters thus far. However, I really enjoy playing roles that are different than who I am personally. You can have these small fantasy worlds where you can be people you would otherwise never get to be: a doctor, a lawyer, a ruthless business woman Picture Quote #1

In ‘Me Before You,’ the two characters popped into my head fully formed, which is really strange and unusual. Other books, I sit on them for two or three months. I have a whole routine: I buy a nice book; I hand-write all their characteristics. I put them through little tests just to see how they would react to things Picture Quote #1

With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character Picture Quote #1

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The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms. . . and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. (Characters Quotes) I populated ‘The Bourne Identity’ with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character. (Characters Quotes) Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters. (Characters Quotes) I think people are excited because, even watching ‘Boy Meets World,’ you can tell that those characters are going to do something when they get older. I think people are excited to see characters they grew up with continue. (Characters Quotes) A lot of times I think the cast members, the lead characters in a show really set the tone for the show. On some shows, the stars of the show will just be whining and complaining and spending the whole time texting their boyfriends on their Blackberries, and there’s just no attention given to the work. (Characters Quotes) I was creator and executive producer of ‘The Brady Bunch’ on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was a repeat of the old scripts. The ‘Gilligan’ musical is a completely original work with all seven characters and 18 original songs. (Characters Quotes) At the end of the day, it’s really, really difficult to make a brand-new show, to write a pilot where you have to introduce characters and everyone has to kind of be dynamic and have something different for themselves. (Characters Quotes) I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point. (Characters Quotes) I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages. (Characters Quotes) I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking and rule-following. (Characters Quotes) Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that’s why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case. (Characters Quotes) I’m not interested in characters who aren’t broken. I’m not interested in happy people. It just doesn’t draw me as a writer. (Characters Quotes) I always find it actually funny that the analysis is that the characters I play in comedies are the manchild, the adolescent, characters that refuse to grow up. And yet, if you look back in the history of comedy all the way back to the Marx brothers, that’s a big part of comedy. (Characters Quotes) The characters are great, and this is the first adventure of the brothers Grimm, so there’s plenty of potential to make a franchise. We’ve been quite successful in the past, so anything like that, if it does pay off with hopefully the good movie that I think it will be, it pays off also down the road. (Characters Quotes) Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another. (Characters Quotes) In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be. (Characters Quotes) For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn [Whittrock] and Michael Chiklis. So a lot of these actors are people I’ve been a huge fan of for years and are bucket-list actors for me to get to work with. It’s pretty surreal now getting to step into scenes with them.You all get to find your characters together. (Characters Quotes) You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters. (Characters Quotes) Over the years, I’ve been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I’ve tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected. (Characters Quotes) What’s so cool about movies is once you’re done with the movie, you put it away and come up with a whole new different idea with different characters and a different world. But in TV, you build these characters, and you build this world, and then you’re there for however long you do the show. (Characters Quotes) Making playlists can kill a whole afternoon for me. I like building very specific playlists for new writing projects. In a strange way, choosing certain songs is part of the process of plotting the book out. I pick songs that I think with resonate with characters, their personality quirks, relationship dynamics, action scenes, and so on. (Characters Quotes) I tend to spend a lot of time building characters that the reader will believe in and sympathize with. (Characters Quotes) I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn’t say that it was about the building of characters. (Characters Quotes) I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they’re in the screen. (Characters Quotes) I don’t like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don’t control. (Characters Quotes) If you’re soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don’t mind kicking sand in your face. (Characters Quotes) It’s always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is. (Characters Quotes) I’ve been fortunate to play many different types of characters thus far. However, I really enjoy playing roles that are different than who I am personally. You can have these small fantasy worlds where you can be people you would otherwise never get to be: a doctor, a lawyer, a ruthless business woman. (Characters Quotes) In ‘Me Before You,’ the two characters popped into my head fully formed, which is really strange and unusual. Other books, I sit on them for two or three months. I have a whole routine: I buy a nice book; I hand-write all their characteristics. I put them through little tests just to see how they would react to things. (Characters Quotes) With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character. (Characters Quotes)

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