Quotes About Acting

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

Looks and age determine whether you play leading ladies or characters. And I'm very happy playing character parts.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

I just like to do different parts.

I want to work on interesting parts that I can believe in.

In my own country, I play light comedies and funny parts.

I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that.

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.

What you are is what you are, and I don't think you should ever fight it. But as an actor, I feel lucky to play different parts.

I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman.

I like Shakespeare, but it's not my bread and butter. It's not what fires me up about acting at all.A lot of the ingenue parts leave a lot to be desired, in my opinion.

With drama, you need to be laughing, in between takes, 'cause you're going to those recesses of your soul and those dangerous parts. Normally, if you're not an actor or some crazy artist, you don't feel the need to run around in those areas. You keep them separate because it's painful.

What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'

When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad.

I want to play male characters; I want to be Ranbir Kapoor of 'Rockstar.' Those are exciting parts.

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.

It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

You have people who can't act and they get all these parts. Paris Hilton falls into her own category. She's made a career out of it.

I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!

Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this.

I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way.

I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.