Quotes from Rutina Wesley

I usually love to go bowling when I'm in Vegas. There's something about Vegas and bowling, do you know what I mean? You know what I mean. Bowling is just the thing to do.

If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a chameleon. I want to be that versatile actor who can do anything - that's why you learn fifty different dialects, you do Shakespeare, you do commedia, you do it all so that if any job comes your way, you should be able to do it.

When I studied at Juilliard, I did a lot of pushups and became this diesel machine. I was really big and was like, 'This is not a good look for an ingenue.'

I'd love to do another film version of 'Romeo & Juliet.' I'm not too picky as long as it's a good story.

I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking.

I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.

People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things.

Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett.