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Protagonists traditionally are active characters.
Lulu Wang
Active
Characters
Protagonists
Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.
Lurlene McDaniel
Old
Characters
Take
Never
New
New Ones
Die
Order
Break
Them
Create
Need
I don't tend to picture my characters as actors and actresses.
Lydia Millet
Picture
Characters
Tend
Actor
Actress
Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story who happen to be dogs.
Lynn Coady
Ensure
Characters
Never
Always
Dogs
Any
Just
Happen
Anything
Story
Use
Who
Ridiculous
Symbolize
I think the key is to give the reader characters they not only care about, but identify with, and to never take away all hope.
Lynn Flewelling
Hope
Key
Care
Think
Characters
About
Give
Only
Take
Never
Never Take
Identify
Reader
Away
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
Lynn Nottage
Sometimes
Dinner
Party
Imagination
Out
Characters
Dinner Party
Find
Some
Varied
Obscure
Remote
Historical
Texts
Articles
Dusty
Stories
Conversations
Crawl
Places
Newspaper
Pop
Many
Even
Lively
It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.
Lynn Nottage
You
People
Think
Imagination
Strictly
Way
Easier
Characters
About
Truthful
Than
Representing
Whether
Much
Your
Conjure
When writers stop to sharpen pencils or get up and make coffee to procrastinate, they still stay in their heads with their characters. But when you zip over to read email or check your Facebook page, you get zapped out of the fictive dream. It's brutal on my writing.
M. J. Rose
You
Facebook
Writing
Coffee
Email
Pencils
Out
Characters
Dream
Stay
Brutal
Writers
Sharpen
Check
Over
Heads
Make
Read
Still
Up
Get
Stop
Fictive
Procrastinate
Page
Your
Zip
When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
M. J. Rose
Writing
Sit
Down
Seconds
Everything
Characters
Write
Stuff
Know
Within
Making
Up
Just
Movie
Acting
Start
Watching
Need
The 'Doom' thing is to be able to come at things with a different point of view. I decided the mask would just add to the mystique of the character as well as make Doom stand out. I though it'd be an easy way for people to see and differentiate between characters, sorta like when an actor gains weight for a role.
MF Doom
Character
People
Mask
Add
Way
Though
Out
Characters
Would
Easy
Easy Way
See
Able
Point
Point Of View
Mystique
Weight
Between
Come
Like
Well
Make
Role
Just
Doom
Different
Decided
Gains
Stand
View
Actor
Differentiate
Thing
Things
The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring. I get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there's multiple characters who carry the storyline.
MF Doom
Character
Me
You
Writing
Style
Characters
Carry
Boring
Having
Mainly
Idea
Particular
Know
Makes
Coming
Get
Just
Where
Different
Story
Different Characters
Storyline
Movies
Really
Across
Who
Multiple
Novels
Strong characters are needed in the game.
MS Dhoni
Game
Strong
Characters
Needed
I am a better person when I am writing, and I am probably a better mother because I can focus all that laser attention on these characters rather than worrying about my kids.
MacKenzie Bezos
Writing
Better
Mother
Focus
Worrying
Kids
Characters
About
Rather
Better Mother
Better Person
Attention
Because
Am
Than
Person
Laser
My characters are based on people I know, but not in a direct way.
MacKenzie Bezos
People
Way
Characters
Direct
Direct Way
Know
Based
It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
Madchen Amick
Great
You
Wife
Characters
Girlfriend
Instead
Female
Female Characters
Being
Depth
Decoration
Explore
I'd love to challenge myself and play characters that overcome experiences like homelessness or abuse, because social justice is really important to me.
Madelaine Petsch
Love
Myself
Me
Justice
Overcome
Challenge
Important
Characters
Abuse
Like
Because
Experiences
Social
Really
Social Justice
Homelessness
Play
I think the first role I ever played was the Magic Carpet in 'Aladdin Jr.' I did a lot of tap dancing and not a lot of dialogue. But I loved it so much, and I loved the way people responded to the characters.
Madelaine Petsch
People
First
Think
Dancing
Way
Carpet
Characters
Magic
Dialogue
Tap
Lot
Role
Did
Loved
Much
Ever
Played
Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
Madeleine Stowe
Funny
Great
Character
Vision
Great Deal
Affection
Bit
Characters
About
Seemed
He
Opened
Fellow
Talking
Deal
His
Began
Up
Michael
Blunt
Across
Sat
Whom
Desk
In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
Madeline Kahn
Thought
Characters
Like
Hollywood
Large
Played
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Man
Dark
Decision
Films
Sides
Characters
All Religions
Religions
Religious
Emotional
Lazy
Never
Encompass
Very
Person
Common
Common Man
Show
Who
Inclination
Connects
Beliefs
Conscious
Conscious Decision
I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Justice
Mind
Will
Looking
Stars
Think
Rank
Characters
Faces
Crossover
Could
Pick
He
Primarily
Feel
Towards
New
Because
New Faces
Versatile
Very
Established
Newcomers
Successful
Bollywood
Star
Now
Actor
Based
The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.
Madhur Mittal
Work
Myself
Good
You
Business
People
Amazing
Good People
Different Kinds
Films
Characters
Finding
Kinds
About
Make
Always
Amazing People
End
Up
Just
Different
Want
Stories
Who
Keep
Challenging
Thing
What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. They are characters. It's so refreshing. They're playing different kinds of characters, and they aren't being typecast.
Madhuri Dixit
Women
People
Wonderful
Different Kinds
Think
Films
Typecast
Characters
Kinds
Women Are
Refreshing
Just
Being
Different
Victims
Avengers
Playing
For my characters, it's important to get really specific about what they listen to. Because it affects how they move in the world.
Mahershala Ali
World
Important
Characters
About
Because
How
Affects
Get
Listen
Move
Really
Specific
The work that I do with all of my characters is have some sense of where they come from. I kind of create my own story for myself. What's going on with my parents? Are they alive? Or family - do I have children? Do you see those things or not?
Mahershala Ali
Work
Myself
Family
You
Parents
Own
Sense
Those
Alive
Characters
Kind
See
Some
My Own
Come
Going
Where
Children
Story
Create
Things
I will work in films based on quality productions and significant characters.
Mahira Khan
Work
Quality
Will
Films
Characters
Significant
Productions
Based
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