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That has been everybody's challenge, above the dancing, the singing, the lines: getting into who these characters would be in 2015. Today's Tin Man is heartfelt, but he wouldn't be soft. Today's Dorothy would be sassy.
Ne-Yo
Today
Man
Challenge
Singing
Everybody
Dancing
Characters
Has-Been
Would
Would-Be
Above
He
Been
Lines
Heartfelt
Tin
Getting
Dorothy
Who
Sassy
Soft
I think people are getting into these 'Empire' songs because of the emotional investment they have in the characters. You kind of feel like you know the songs already because you just watched them play out in front of you with these characters.
Ne-Yo
You
People
Think
Out
Characters
Kind
Emotional
Songs
Investment
Feel
Empire
Like
Know
Because
Front
Getting
Just
Them
Play
Watched
There's no recreating what Michael Jackson and Diana Ross did in 'The Wiz'. We're trying to figure out who these characters are in 2015. How would these times change their motives, change the things they would say and do?
Ne-Yo
Change
Say
Out
Characters
Would
How
Diana
Diana Ross
Motives
Michael
Times
Michael Jackson
Trying
Did
Jackson
Figure
Who
Things
When I was asked by Pacific Comics for an original creator-owned series, my first choice of those several characters was Ms. Mystic. Since I always try to advance the work of other younger creators, I asked the young Mike Nasser if he'd like to join me in this project. He said yes. Mike created nothing!
Neal Adams
Work
Me
Try
First
Young
Nothing
Other
Project
Several
Those
Characters
Join
Mystic
Advance
He
Since
Like
Said
Always
Comics
Yes
Pacific
Younger
Asked
Created
Choice
Mike
Original
Series
Creators
I did work more realistically: I used real anatomy, faces with expressions - not Dick Tracy with his one slip of the mouth and that's it, but actual expressions on the faces that made the characters look like they were saying what was in the balloons.
Neal Adams
Work
Saying
Made
Mouth
Anatomy
Slip
Characters
Faces
More
Like
Look
Tracy
Real
Were
Balloons
His
Did
Realistically
Used
Expressions
Actual
The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways. It is one of the most powerful ways of generating empathy that I know.
Neal Katyal
Great
Joy
World
Live
Otherwise
Ways
Characters
Generating
Empathy
Powerful
New
Know
Most
Most Powerful
Reader
Another
Where
Fiction
Unimaginable
Transports
Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their own, and I always go with the character's choices. Most of the time I discover plot twists and directions that are better than what I originally had planned.
Neal Shusterman
Time
Myself
Character
Better
Before
Own
Thinking
Plot
Characters
Trick
Directions
Had
Ideas
Know
Most
Always
Go
Discover
Than
Going
Happen
Story
Choices
Planned
Originally
Start
Twists
I've always liked shows that have a strong cast of secondary characters. One of the greatest examples ever I would say is 'The Simpsons.' If you think about it, you could name 100 characters recognizable from that show. I think 'Scrubs' has done a good job of having a strong team coming off the bench.
Neil Flynn
Good
You
Strong
Good Job
Job
Think
Bench
Secondary
Say
Recognizable
Characters
Would
Strong Team
About
Examples
Having
Cast
Could
Simpsons
Name
Liked
Greatest
Always
Coming
Off
Done
The Simpsons
Scrub
Show
Team
Shows
Ever
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
Neil Gaiman
Work
Otherwise
Characters
Folk
Only
Casting
Fairy
Unwise
Existence
Offend
Lack
Human
Fiction
Might
Certain
Doubts
Thereof
Whom
Imaginary
I think I'd like to do a big movie with a strong female lead, whether or not she would be a superhero. I'm more interested in characters like Scarlett Johansson in 'Lucy.' I'm less interested in people with superpowers because I can't identify with them.
Neil Marshall
People
Strong
Big
Think
Characters
Would
Would-Be
Strong Female
Scarlett
Superhero
More
Superpowers
Lead
Like
Identify
She
Because
Female
Big Movie
Movie
Whether
Interested
Them
Less
Lucy
In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.
Nell Scovell
Life
You
Sometimes
Real Life
Aggressive
Down
Back
Consistent
Characters
TV
Look
Make
Real
Very
Brave
Right
The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves to a show and believe in the show and love the characters, they're there forever, and they're unshakeable.
Nelsan Ellis
Love
You
Fans
Will
Believe
Once
Earth
Characters
Follow
Attach
Sci-Fi
Forever
America
Ends
Themselves
Show
Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.
Nic Pizzolatto
Become
Television
Characters
Easy
Emotion
Cathartic
Short
Short Cut
Cut
It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't go on. I have to be fascinated by them.
Nic Pizzolatto
Speak
Job
Characters
Individual
Come
Go
Up
Authenticity
Not Interested
Interested
Them
Your
Who
Fascinated
Compelling
All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.
Nichelle Nichols
Life
People
World
Will
Trek
Those
Characters
Attached
Over
Name
Known
Always
Your
Show
Star
Star Trek
Phenomenon
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.
Nicholas Lea
Great
Add
Characters
Supporting
Audience
Leave
Imprint
Story
Depth
Actor
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
Nicholas Sparks
Rich
Characters
Find
Could
None
Situations
Famous
Anyone
Happen
Themselves
I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
Nicholas Sparks
Think
Characters
Above
Feel
Readers
Novels
Universal
I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like.
Nicholas Sparks
Characters
Seldom
Like
Know
Look
Very
Even
Your characters can do the worst things on Earth - cut to a happy baby, it ends up being OK.
Nicholas Stoller
Happy
Baby
Earth
OK
Worst
Characters
Up
Being
Ends
Cut
Your
Things
My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters. You can't ask for any more from talented actors like that.
Nick Cassavetes
Work
Good
Mom
You
Project
Say
Characters
Would
Pretty
Pretty Good
About
More
Talented
Talented Actors
Like
Know
Devoted
Robin
Were
Foremost
Did
Any
Ask
Working
Mom And Dad
Sean
Dad
Actor
Thing
Having to think so much about fictitious relationships that work or don't work, and with each relationship between characters managing to do one or other of those in its own peculiar way, I spend a lot of time thinking about relationships, real and imagined.
Nick Earls
Work
Time
Relationship
Own
Think
Thinking
Other
Relationships
Spend
Way
Those
Characters
About
Having
Between
Real
Lot
Managing
Fictitious
Much
Each
Imagined
Peculiar
All my characters are me, in one way or another.
Nick Harkaway
Me
Way
Characters
One-Way
Another
'An Education' was a complicated piece of work because it came from a tiny essay, so it took me a while to find the story I wanted to tell and the characters I wanted to tell it about. That really only emerged after four or five drafts.
Nick Hornby
Work
Education
Me
Complicated
Took
Tell
Characters
Find
Emerged
About
Only
Piece
Because
Came
Five
Essay
Tiny
Wanted
After
Story
While
Really
Four
Drafts
Without realizing it, I think I've wanted to do a sketch show since I was, like, 11 years old. Like everybody else in comedy, I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live,' and I was doing characters with my friends.
Nick Kroll
Comedy
Old
Live
Think
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Characters
Since
Like
Without
Doing
Years
Up
Friends
Wanted
Grew
Sketch
Realizing
Show
Saturday
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live
Watching
Night
I think a lot of podcasts have a lot of amazing character work. Seth Morris does this amazing character, Boch Duco, which I think is one of the funniest, most well-realized characters that I've ever seen or heard.
Nick Kroll
Work
Character
Amazing
Seen
Think
Characters
Morris
Most
Does
Heard
Lot
Which
Ever
Funniest
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