Charles Frazier Quotes

I'm focused on finding characters I connect to.

I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.

I spend a lot of time with my characters.

The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.

I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes.

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me, if that makes any sense.

I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.

It's always incredible though when you feel like the writer knows the character intimately and can see their life sprawling away outside of the show.

As a writer, every time I create a character, I try to go for something to captivate the audience in some way. It's also an extension of how the audience would like to see themselves.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

I like all my characters in one way or another, or at least I understand them.

I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None of my friends really listen to it, and they hate getting in the car with me because I just blast Taylor Swift.

My favorite song depends on the day, what I'm going through, what I'm feeling.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

When I approach any script, I always try to find what I would relate to most in it.

I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.

I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of view, why they say what they do. And not, 'Oh, but I would never say that. Why does the character say that?' But then making it as personal as possible.

There's never been a particular band that I've followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music.

When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.

The last two records I liked playing a lot.