Since my worldview has expanded, I don't consider myself working class anymore, and I'm attracted to playing characters who go through a... →
James McAvoy
That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.
I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces -... →
I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.
Melissa McCarthy
I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
Eric McCormack
I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.
Craig McCracken
My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist... →
Colleen McCullough
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
Matthew Nable
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
Vladimir Nabokov
No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.