Character Quotes

I get no pleasure from politics; it's not in my character.

Bidzina Ivanishvili
- Character
The actors feel that the music played before the curtain rises will put the audience in the wrong mood. The playwright suggests that the (purposefully lugubrious) music be played at twice-speed. This peps it up somewhat while retaining its essentially dark and gloomy character. The actors listen carefully, and are pleased.

Donald Barthelme
- Up
- Music
- Dark

I don't know quite how a story develops in my head. It is a bit chaotic. If I am working on a series, one of the main characters at least is already in existence as well as some setting and minor characters. Finding the other main character can be a challenge. Sometimes this character already exists in a minor role in another book.

Mary Balogh
- Character
- Book
- Challenge
My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship.

Emily Watson
'Luke Cage' is about a reluctant superhero who lives in the shadows in Harlem. He has to decide if he's going to step up and fight for the heart of the city and defend the people against Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes, my character, who kinda wants to keep everything in order and intact. I'm the criminal element in the story.

Mahershala Ali
- People
- Up
- Heart
There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.

John Lancaster Spalding
- Character
I always try to look for the hidden face of the character, the hidden face that we all have.

Edgar Ramirez
- Character
- Look
- Face
On 'Glee,' we often tackle the tough topics that young people face - in fact, my recurring character, Wade 'Unique' Adams, is a transgender teenager who finds herself navigating a lot of the same problems many young people face around the globe.

Alex Newell
- People
- Unique
- Teenager