J. M. Roberts Quotes

Each of my characters comes from somewhere, and where they come from, good or bad, has a large part in forming who they are, and who they can become.

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• If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.

  

  Gabriella Wilde
  • Play
  • Face
  • Characters

• I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Need
  • Negativity
  • Somewhere

• Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Me
  • Interest
  • Characters

• The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Film
  • Characters
  • Industry

• There are no rules when it comes to love.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Rules

• Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • World
  • Movie
  • Stars

• All of my characters are less than perfect.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Perfect
  • Characters
  • Less

• When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

  

  Omar Dorsey
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Kid

• I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Challenge
  • Stories
  • Characters

• Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Art
  • Know
  • Respect

• I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere between Herman's Hermits and the Gershwins.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Up
  • Think
  • Maybe

• For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Look
  • First
  • Characters

• So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Movie
  • Know
  • Acting

• I am frozen musically somewhere around 2004.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • Frozen
  • Musically

• 'The Oath' seems like the perfect project for me, coming off the back of a big-scale adventure film like 'Everest.' I want to delve into an intimate, dark and psychological world where the characters are claustrophobic.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
  • World
  • Perfect
  • Adventure

• I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.

  

  J. R. Bourne
  • Mind
  • Opportunity
  • Playing

• I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Characters
  • Experiences
  • Pattern

• As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Characters
  • Obstacles
  • Southerner

• I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.

  

  Al Pacino
  • World
  • Actor
  • Characters

• Before Five Kingdoms is complete, I will begin work on the sequel series to my Fablehaven books. It will be called Dragonwatch. I’m excited to share more stories about the characters of Fablehaven including Kendra, Seth, Newel, Doren, Warren, Bracken, Vanessa, Raxtus, etc. If you’re liking Five Kingdoms but haven’t tried Fablehaven, you should get to know those people! If you’d like to connect.

  

  Brandon Mull
  • Books
  • Characters
  • Series

• Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Practice
  • Same
  • NASA

• In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and one hour to get to the airport.

  

  Neil Hosler McElroy
  • Space
  • Flying
  • Around

• Each of my characters comes from somewhere, and where they come from, good or bad, has a large part in forming who they are, and who they can become.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Characters
  • Comes
  • Somewhere