To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.
Shawn Levy
The important thing for me when I look at characters is to consider the kind of constraints placed upon them. Now, me personally, I don't like to... →
Gong Li
There are bits of me in all my characters.
Chris Lilley
When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to... →
When I wrote 'We Can Be Heroes,' I was just so excited about the concept of playing loads of characters, and a television series allows you... →
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the... →
Evangeline Lilly
'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really.
'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' - every scene is from those characters' point of view. They're in literally every scene, very unusual in a big... →
Doug Liman
The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
Damon Lindelof
The first script I got was Narc and I really responded to it; it reminded me of a '70s type movie, I really liked the characters, I didn't... →
Ray Liotta