Complex Characters Quotes

• Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it.

  Kevin James

  Character, Writing, Stories

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• As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also for hate. I wanted to write those kinds of complex character in a fantasy, and not just have all the good people get together to fight the bad guy.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hate, Writing, Character

  "Producers David Benioff, Dan Weiss & George R.R. Martin Talk GAME OF THRONES Season 3 and 4, Martin’s Cameo, the End of the Series, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 20, 2013.

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• A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

  James Scott Bell

  Teacher, Couple, Book

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• I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.

  Megan Chance

  Strong, Book, Character

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?

  Jason Isaacs

  Strong, Real, Character

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.

  David Brin

  Character, Doe, Fiction

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• My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in its wonderful humor and lyrical prose. Like Durrell, Kirin Narayan takes the reader to a fascinating world far from our own, and brings to life its myriad sights, sounds and smells, while revealing the profound cultural beliefs of its people. India is just the most complex character among a cast of characters-family members, gurus, hippies, and neighbors-all of whom I now count as old friends.

  Judith Barrington

  Hippie, Character, Animal

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• The prince in The Leopard was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

  Luchino Visconti

  Strong, Stupid, Character

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• I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.

  Ruth Wilson

  Strong, Character, Soul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.

  Eva Green

  Taken, Character, Dark

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• As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

  Kirsten Prout

  Dream, Character, Roles

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• For me, the lives of children and teens are interesting - they are always changing. There's just so much to sort through. All of this makes for good plots and complex characters.

  Renee Watson

  Children, Character, Interesting

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I have about losing my soul in some accidental, mundane way. So, to me, these jobs that my characters have are very loaded. They immediately suggest a complex character to me, a woman who is, say, a secretary, but also a vigilante on behalf of her own soul.

  Miranda July

  Jobs, Writing, Character

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• I suppose that the sympathetic/unsympathetic debate about characters sometimes feels to me like a misstatement of purpose. I always think of truly complex characters are falling between the cracks in that debate.

  Rick Moody

  Fall, Character, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Goering was a contradictory [and] complex ... character.

  Richard Overy

  Character, Goering, Contradictory

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• 'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.

  Kareena Kapoor

  Character, Brave, Tests

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• I enjoy bringing humanity to complex characters.

  Isaiah Washington

  Character, Humanity, Enjoy

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• In The Care and Management of Lies the wonderfully talented Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and the fields of England. Her richly complex characters walk right off the page and into our imaginations, as we fight with them, farm with them, cook with them. I devoured this dazzling novel.

  Margot Livesey

  Lying, War, Character

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• I was a little hippie on a world backpacking adventure, and suddenly I became a vampire princess. I still find it hard to believe that it is real. I feel ludicrously lucky to have been chosen to play such a compassionate, complex character for my first film, and I am so grateful to all the beautiful people who made it possible for me. It was a dream come true. I felt like Cinderella every day, going to work with this amazing team on this dream script. If Cinderella were a vampire.

  Lucy Fry

  Beautiful, Dream, Team

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• The degree of talent, the size of the gift, is immaterial. All artists must listen, but not all hear great symphonies, see wide canvasses, conceive complex, character-filled novels. No
  matter, the creative act is the same, and it is an act of faith.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Character, Artist, Symphony

  FaceBook post by Madeleine L'Engle from Jan 01, 2017

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• We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a few of them and I'm also interested in power structures so it just has elements that fascinate me, and the more you learn about Hoover, the more polarizing you realize he is.

  Brian Grazer

  Drama, Character, Elements

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Light, Play

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.

  Sally Field

  Character, Opportunity, Play

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• Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.

  Ann Beattie

  Character, Men, Interesting

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• Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.

  Sean Bean

  Character, Fighting, Class

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