Quotes About Role

A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.

Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.

I'm usually the bad guy, you know, but I do a lot of different genres of acting.

You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.

When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.

I have to imagine playing Cruella de Vil in a giant Disney movie is probably a little scary.

My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.

I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.

I'm glad I wasn't in 'Free Willy 3.' That's all I can say on that.

I would be glad to share the screen with anyone as long as I love my character and the story.

I don't mind being the funny character rather than the glamorous one, although I'm happy to do both.

In all my films, I have always played a de-glam role, but I really want to play a glamorous role.

I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that's built in.

I'm up for doing a part if I thought the part was right and the people want to consider me for a part. If I thought the part was absolutely exciting... I would go for it.

Obviously, I'm not complaining about my role at Golden State, because we won a lot of games doing that.

I think good acting is always character acting.

I don't know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don't. I think you simply just do the part and hope to God that the director has a good cutter and a good editor, and it'll all get cut and put together so that you look good in it.

I'm a good actor.

It is how you approach the role given to you, and how you relate to that character and then how you adapt and gel into that role which makes you a good actor.

I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.

I am not about glamour, fame and all that comes with it, so now that people know me so much, I think I have a responsibility to give them back and set a good example.

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

That's a good feeling when you can really just focus on basketball, focus on your role, on how you can help the team.

There is nothing wrong in playing parts in a good film.