Fictional Character Quotes

Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it.

The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.

I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James Bond.

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.

Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional character he's intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole concept is utterly gay.

Great gandalfs ghost! if he had a ghost. i doubt it. he was such a snob.

Certainly when 'Breaking Bad' had hit its tipping point, people got very excited. They couldn't believe their eyes, that Gale could be on the subway, alive and well.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

I dreamed of being like Sam Seaborn on 'The West Wing'.

The character - character - of Mallory on 'Family Ties' was a year younger than me. A fictitious year younger than me. So, I am not 21. I am not getting into the club. Boom.

I've got no business giving advice to anyone. Even a fictional character.

Bambi, to a kid, was scary.

Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.

I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

Whats up, Seaweed Brain?

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size

When I was 10 years old, I loved - I loved books, and I used to haunt the secondhand bookshop. And I found a little book I could just afford, and I bought it, and I took it home. And I climbed up my favorite tree, and I read that book from cover to cover. And that was Tarzan of the Apes. I immediately fell in love with Tarzan.

In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.

My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old.

I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character.

My first encounter with Cyborg was through the 'Teen Titans' cartoon.

I have always weirdly seen myself as more of a character actor. I have never been suave. I could never see myself playing James Bond. I suppose I could fake it, but I am certainly not James Bond in real life.