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I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character.

If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.

I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.

I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock on a personality, even just in life, and then they'll shock you by their behavior.

I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.

I'm not necessarily interested in telling the story of people who are super likable.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.