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I always have a rough outline, but I'm shocked at how little I actually follow it. Those characters keep doing things that I never expected. I think if I crept up to my keyboard and peeked, they'd be talking about things behind my back. Okay, that's a little paranoid and delusional... but just a little.

~Eric Walters

Topics: About Actually Always Back Behind Characters Delusional Doing Expected Follow How Just Keep Keyboard Little Never Okay Outline Paranoid Rough Shocked Talking Things Think Those Up I Think

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At his heart, Shakespeare was a YA author. So many of his plays are set with high school-aged characters. He understood the passion, the confusion and drama that marks that life stage.

~Eric Walters

Topics: Author Characters Confusion Drama He Heart High His Life Many Marks Passion Plays Set Shakespeare Stage Understood Ya

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The one thing that I really love about 'Smallville,' people are excited, and they love the characters. I can see their point of view.

~Erica Durance

Topics: About Characters Excited Love One Thing People Point Point Of View Really See The One Thing Thing View I Can

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We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.

~Erich Hoeber

Topics: Always Attracted Been Being Characters Circumstances Could Difficult Idea Identify Incredibly Know People Put Really Some Suffered Tested Through Tortured Until Way Who You

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Anytime you look at someone in detail, you're putting the camera on that person. What I typically look for is one or two or three really strong characters who will hold the narrative throughout the work.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Anytime Camera Characters Detail Hold Look Narrative One Or Two Person Putting Really Someone Strong Three Throughout Two Who Will Work You

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I started deliberately looking for characters, ideally outsiders and ideally Americans. So I just started reading widely, as I tell my students to do: read voraciously and promiscuously.

~Erik Larson

Topics: American Characters Deliberately Ideally Just Looking Outsiders Read Reading Started Started Reading Students Tell Widely

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Language is always evolving. It's difficult to read Shakespeare now because language has shifted. Similarly, kids these days can get to the point really quick in about 140 characters or less because of these new tools.

~Erik Qualman

Topics: About Always Because Characters Days Difficult Evolving Get Kids Language Less New Now Point Quick Read Really Shakespeare Shifted Similarly Tools

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I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years when I do start producing my own films with my production company and playing some characters that are older and that's really exciting to me.

~Erika Christensen

Topics: Basis Characters Company Couple Day Day To Day Exciting Films Forward Gets Hectic Long Long Term Looking Looking Forward Me My Own Next Older Own Playing Producing Production Production Company Really Some Start Take Term Things Think Years

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There are nearly 7 billion people on this planet, so there are a lot of characters to play.

~Erika Christensen

Topics: Billion Characters Lot Nearly People Planet Play

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A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting.

~Erin Cummings

Topics: Certain Certain Degree Characters Degree Element End Glamour Interesting Like Lot Makes More Much Other Playing Sexiness Some Up You

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