I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not.... →
Vanessa Lengies
I feel like I'm the most well-adjusted character on the show, even though I'm sure the other actors would tell you the same thing about their... →
Thomas Lennon
To play someone when the character masks their own emotions, doesn't understand their own emotions, has no release for their own emotions, and... →
Melissa Leo
The climate informs the character.
The character I created, 'Commissario Brunetti,' who appears in all my books, shares similar reading, artistic and musical tastes with me.... →
Donna Leon
I do this a lot with names. I'll start with a name, and then for some reason he won't talk much, or he's older than I pictured him just... →
Elmore Leonard
Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main... →
When I get an idea for a book, something appeals to me, it's usually a character. I'll see a picture of a female marshal in front of the... →
When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to... →
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just... →
Joshua Leonard