The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad... →
Kate Atkinson
Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes... →
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.
Rowan Atkinson
And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face.
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that he doesn't care about anyone else, and... →
It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a... →
I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.
Jami Attenberg
Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that... →
Colleen Atwood