#characters

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#background #because #characters #easier #generally

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. ↗

— James Wolcott

#comedy #defective #episodic #explain #factory

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#having #heart #house #like #network

We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#broke #characters #disregard #doomed #forest

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters. ↗

— Susannah York

#because #becoming #characters #escape #go

Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#given #might #mysterious #point #really

I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to. ↗

— Ryan Gosling

#i #i can #just #long #many

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play. ↗

— Emily VanCamp

#characters #distinguish #important #play #very

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#characters #even #fall #getting #i

I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#characters #i #like #me #people