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You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters.
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Somebody
Believe
Characters
How
Truly
Movie
Them
Root
Ground
I was attracted to the comics because of the characters and, particularly, Wolverine because he is so complex. He is so damaged and tragic in many ways - he doesn't have his memory. His body was invaded. He has unrequited love for Jean Grey.
Lauren Shuler Donner
Love
Memory
Ways
Complex
Characters
Invaded
Unrequited
Unrequited Love
He
Particularly
Attracted
Because
Comics
Wolverine
His
Tragic
Grey
Body
Jean
Many
Damaged
The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.
Lauren Shuler Donner
You
Focus
Television
Characters
Thrill
More
Features
Doing
Versus
Get
I'm obsessed with 'Peaky Blinders.' Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with 'Breaking Bad.'
Lauren Shuler Donner
Love
You
Those
Characters
Bad
Obsessed
Blinders
Same
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Them
Root
Awful
Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn't be surprised if all my future main characters were as well.
Lauren Weisberger
Future
Myself
Consider
Books
Characters
Writer
Main
Protagonists
Well
Course
Am
Were
Surprised
Been
Five
Jewish
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
Laurence Fishburne
You
Characters
See
Because
Effects
Essential
Essential Elements
Just
Just Because
Mean
Them
Special
Special Effects
Elements
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward, and I hear her voice telling the story. This is what has happened with all the books I've written in the first person.
Laurie Graham
Work
First
Books
Characters
Telling
Voice
Written
Idea
Steps
First-Person
Hear
Person
Going
Happened
Story
Then
Forward
Her
When forced to survive in an apocalyptic world, there are some characters that embrace their higher selves with some emerging as natural born leaders, and others succumb to their more base and primal selves and basically transform into savages. It's really a fascinating character study in the exploration of the human psyche.
Laurie Holden
Character
Natural
World
Others
Characters
Embrace
Some
Born
Emerging
More
Higher
Primal
Leaders
Study
Forced
Selves
Survive
Psyche
Human
Transform
To Survive
Really
Exploration
Succumb
Human Psyche
Fascinating
Base
Basically
Savages
I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.
Laurie Metcalf
Me
Better
Unlike
Range
Characters
More
Like
Play
Wide
Wide Range
I tend to root for characters who have a lot of negative qualities, but what's driving them forward is their passion. They're on a mission, and maybe their approach is misguided, but you can't fault them for giving 150%.
Laurie Metcalf
You
Fault
Passion
Negative
Giving
Approach
Characters
Tend
Misguided
Driving
Mission
Qualities
Lot
Maybe
Them
Root
Who
Forward
I've got everything against likable characters. Likable characters are usually completely forgettable, and we don't really care. I think we love villains... precisely because they show us these disturbing complexities that I don't think nice characters do.
Lawrence Osborne
Love
Care
Nice
Think
Everything
Complexities
Characters
Disturbing
Likable
Because
Got
Precisely
Against
Us
Really
Show
Villains
I get up at 7:30. I grab a canvas bag and go out. I say hello to the people in the supermarket and liquor store. I buy the 'New York Times.' I go to the beach and think about characters and plot.
Lawrence Sanders
Buy
People
Think
Say
Out
Plot
Characters
About
Beach
Supermarket
Bag
New
Go
Up
Grab
Times
Get
York
Liquor
New York
Store
New York Times
Canvas
Hello
If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people.
Lawrence Wright
Great
You
People
Those
Characters
Invested
Emotionally
Reader
Becomes
Then
Your
I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,' we didn't see their faces but to this day you can say Jabba the Hutt or Darth Vader and people know what you mean around the world.
Laz Alonso
Day
You
People
World
Big
Say
Characters
See
Some
Darth
Darth Vader
Faces
Know
Most
Around
Big Fan
Fan
Mean
Iconic
Wars
Star
Star Wars
Vader
I love playing different characters.
LeToya Luckett
Love
Characters
Different
Different Characters
Playing
Who doesn't want to draw Batman or Superman? Everyone would like to be able to draw them. I've been really lucky when it comes to the characters that I get to illustrate.
Lee Bermejo
Superman
Everyone
Batman
Draw
Characters
Would
Able
Like
Been
Get
Want
Them
Really
Who
Lucky
Illustrate
I think you have to be crazy not to want to work on the Joker! I can't think of many characters, heroes or villains, that are as malleable as him. He really can be interpreted in so many different ways, and generally, people don't really want to scratch the surface because you can get into some really dark territory real fast.
Lee Bermejo
Work
Crazy
You
People
Dark
Heroes
Think
Ways
Characters
Some
Joker
Generally
He
Him
Because
Territory
Surface
Real
Malleable
Get
Scratch
So Many Different Ways
Different
Want
Really
Many
Villains
Different Ways
Fast
Interpreted
'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid.
Lee Daniels
You
Book
Strong
Stronger
Air
Characters
Vivid
Could
Through
Throw
Push
Had
Because
Felt
Were
Up
Shoot
Just
Story
Holes
What attracts me to material are characters that I know - characters that I know people don't know but I know - and bringing them to the screen. Spotlighting voices that have not been heard before on screen.
Lee Daniels
Me
People
Before
On-Screen
Characters
Voices
Know
Attracts
Material
Been
Heard
Screen
Them
Bringing
I'm not sure if my story will become a movie. Some of my western friends sent my story to people they know in the movie industry. But one consistent response was there aren't any main western characters in my story, so it's unlikely to be made into a movie in English.
Lee Hyeon-seo
People
Will
Made
Become
Unlikely
Consistent
Response
Characters
Some
Main
Know
Industry
Sure
Western
Friends
Any
Movie
Movie Industry
Story
Sent
English
Main characters should grow and change during the course of a story.
Leigh Michaels
Change
Characters
Main
Course
Story
Should
Grow
As I was writing 'Insidious 3' I started to fall in love with the characters and the story. I became very possessive of it and I didn't want someone else to do it.
Leigh Whannell
Love
Writing
Fall
Else
Possessive
Characters
Insidious
Someone
Became
Very
Want
Story
Started
One of the most crucial aspects of a haunted house movie is the fear and disbelief of the characters, because they don't know what's happening to them.
Leigh Whannell
Fear
Characters
Haunted
Crucial
Know
Most
Disbelief
House
Because
Movie
Happening
Them
Aspects
I write fiction that reflects Islamic logic: fictional worlds where cause and effect are governed by Muslim rationale. However, my characters do not necessarily behave as 'good' Muslims; they are not ideals or role models.
Leila Aboulela
Good
Cause
Worlds
Characters
Muslim
Muslims
Logic
Rationale
Write
Ideals
Islamic
Governed
However
Effect
Reflects
Role
Role Models
Behave
Models
Where
Fiction
Fictional
Necessarily
I like anti-hero women. Negative female characters interest me.
Leila Slimani
Me
Women
Negative
Characters
Like
Female
Female Characters
Interest
Human darkness fascinates me; I find it intriguing. And there are few female characters who are explored in this light.
Leila Slimani
Me
Darkness
Light
Few
Characters
Intriguing
Find
Female
Female Characters
Human
Explored
Who
Fascinates
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