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Characters Quotes

If you compare the violence in ‘Happy Valley’ to the violence in something like ‘Game of Thrones,’ it’s nothing. But it is shocking because it’s so real and grounded. The characters could live next door to you - they’re not in a remote fantasy world Picture Quote #1

Ninety percent of video game AI really is pretty damn bad. I think that’s actually why it’s so much fun to shoot things. Because the AI is so bad and the characters are so annoying Picture Quote #1

There’s no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I’ve seen to an expression I’ve heard someone use Picture Quote #1

I’d like to guest star on ‘Game of Thrones.’ I love period pieces and dark material. I think the show has a good balance of that and some solid characters Picture Quote #1

For ‘Game of Thrones,’ I realized immediately that it was about the characters Picture Quote #1

Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn’t have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn’t explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective Picture Quote #1

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All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can’t be that obnoxious and get away with it Picture Quote #1

If women were particular about men’s characters, they would never get married at all Picture Quote #1

The opportunities I’ve had to play really complex characters - which haven’t been a lot, but some - you never get over them Picture Quote #1

I’ve just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and have more to do with the characters I’ll be playing, the people I’ll get to work with and things like that Picture Quote #1

If you watch the show and the characters don’t look at each other while they’re talking, the actors probably aren’t getting along Picture Quote #1

I’ve been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected Picture Quote #1

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Maybe that’s the way I’m private - I respect the privacy of my characters? Anyway, we’re getting close to the whole relatability and likability thing Picture Quote #1

I think for anybody reading the book they’re going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it’s quite hard to shake Picture Quote #1

The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know all the relatives. He knew his great-grandmother, and we sat down together and tied down the stories of our uncles and aunts. They were quite the characters, and we tied them to about 50 recipes. It’s like a memoir-cookbook Picture Quote #1

With each film, I get more and more involved and it’s more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and people’s preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they’ve never really rebelled Picture Quote #1

I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they’re not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread Picture Quote #1

Watching ‘Girls,’ it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters Picture Quote #1

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I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters interwoven, they do end up together somehow Picture Quote #1

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I’d never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren’t being brutalized or playing slaves Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge Picture Quote #1

In both ‘Tigerman’ and my first book, ‘The Gone-Away World,’ there are characters who never really get names. They’re too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn’t give them one Picture Quote #1

I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I’m constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline Picture Quote #1

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven’t planned Picture Quote #1

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I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to play God, but to let them work out their own destiny Picture Quote #1

I think my characters - well, at least a few of them - are hoping or searching for some kind of contact with God Picture Quote #1

Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn’t she texting? Where’s her cellphone? Can’t she have a simple paternity test? For God’s sake, look on the Internet and check him out! Picture Quote #1

I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren’t obvious. I’ve been very lucky so far, and I’m dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide Picture Quote #1

Go to any Shinto temple in Japan and you’ll see it: a simple stand from which hang hundreds of wooden postcard-size plaques with a colorful image on one side and, on the other, densely scribbled Japanese characters in black felt-tip pen, pleas to the gods for help or succor Picture Quote #1

I think that playing characters far away from who I am as a person is a lot more fun and a lot more exciting, and you can play with it a lot more because it’s not you and it’s so far from you, so that’s very liberating as far as that goes Picture Quote #1

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If you compare the violence in ‘Happy Valley’ to the violence in something like ‘Game of Thrones,’ it’s nothing. But it is shocking because it’s so real and grounded. The characters could live next door to you - they’re not in a remote fantasy world. (Characters Quotes) Ninety percent of video game AI really is pretty damn bad. I think that’s actually why it’s so much fun to shoot things. Because the AI is so bad and the characters are so annoying. (Characters Quotes) There’s no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I’ve seen to an expression I’ve heard someone use. (Characters Quotes) I’d like to guest star on ‘Game of Thrones.’ I love period pieces and dark material. I think the show has a good balance of that and some solid characters. (Characters Quotes) For ‘Game of Thrones,’ I realized immediately that it was about the characters (Characters Quotes) Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn’t have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn’t explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. (Characters Quotes) All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can’t be that obnoxious and get away with it. (Characters Quotes) If women were particular about men’s characters, they would never get married at all (Characters Quotes) The opportunities I’ve had to play really complex characters - which haven’t been a lot, but some - you never get over them. (Characters Quotes) I’ve just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and have more to do with the characters I’ll be playing, the people I’ll get to work with and things like that. (Characters Quotes) If you watch the show and the characters don’t look at each other while they’re talking, the actors probably aren’t getting along. (Characters Quotes) I’ve been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected. (Characters Quotes) Maybe that’s the way I’m private - I respect the privacy of my characters? Anyway, we’re getting close to the whole relatability and likability thing. (Characters Quotes) I think for anybody reading the book they’re going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it’s quite hard to shake. (Characters Quotes) The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know all the relatives. He knew his great-grandmother, and we sat down together and tied down the stories of our uncles and aunts. They were quite the characters, and we tied them to about 50 recipes. It’s like a memoir-cookbook. (Characters Quotes) With each film, I get more and more involved and it’s more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and people’s preconceived ideas. My characters have always stood for something, have always had an opinion, although they’ve never really rebelled. (Characters Quotes) I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they’re not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread. (Characters Quotes) Watching ‘Girls,’ it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. (Characters Quotes) I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters interwoven, they do end up together somehow. (Characters Quotes) As a biracial girl growing up in England, I’d never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren’t being brutalized or playing slaves. (Characters Quotes) There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge. (Characters Quotes) In both ‘Tigerman’ and my first book, ‘The Gone-Away World,’ there are characters who never really get names. They’re too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn’t give them one. (Characters Quotes) I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I’m constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline. (Characters Quotes) The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven’t planned. (Characters Quotes) I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to play God, but to let them work out their own destiny. (Characters Quotes) I think my characters - well, at least a few of them - are hoping or searching for some kind of contact with God. (Characters Quotes) Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn’t she texting? Where’s her cellphone? Can’t she have a simple paternity test? For God’s sake, look on the Internet and check him out! (Characters Quotes) I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren’t obvious. I’ve been very lucky so far, and I’m dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide. (Characters Quotes) Go to any Shinto temple in Japan and you’ll see it: a simple stand from which hang hundreds of wooden postcard-size plaques with a colorful image on one side and, on the other, densely scribbled Japanese characters in black felt-tip pen, pleas to the gods for help or succor. (Characters Quotes) I think that playing characters far away from who I am as a person is a lot more fun and a lot more exciting, and you can play with it a lot more because it’s not you and it’s so far from you, so that’s very liberating as far as that goes. (Characters Quotes)

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