Quotes About Acting

I took parts that either I was offered or felt I could do a good job with.

It's funny because I was offered film parts the first week after 'The Office' went out. I was sent a script, and I said, 'Who's the lead?' They said, 'We want you to be.' And I said: 'Well, who's going to go and see that? You want John Cusack.'

I was offered a lot of romantic and comedy films.

As an actress, all I can do is choose from the films I am offered.

I choose not to be in front of the camera. Sometimes I do get offered parts, but I really like just making movies and telling stories.

The characters I usually get offered are described as 'none too bright' or 'funny but a little air-brained.'

Modeling is just one of those things that goes along with acting. When it's offered, it's hard to say no, because it's fun.

I don't have any ego, and I will go and audition for parts if I'm offered an interesting script.

I have always been a person who wanted to act. I have never dreamed about being a hero. I never think of a part as small or big. If I like a script I am offered, I immerse myself into the world it set in.

I have been offered roles in mainstream films which have not been interesting to me. They have been too insignificant.

I went from auditioning for roles to being offered films directly.

If and when I am offered a strong script, I would be happy to do TV.

I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.

I loved the idea of playing this naughty old bag, offering her own explanation. It's my idea of heaven.

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

Tamil industry has been offering me wonderful roles, and that is what keeps me here.

When I became Miss World, movie offers started coming to me in India.

Looking back, I believe that acting was the best that I could do. It just happened. I kept getting good offers, and the going has been good.

I did get offers from Hollywood, but they were all scripts with monsters in them. If I had done them, I would have disappeared. I would have come back to France anyway, and I would have had to start all over again and lost a lot of time.

I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.

I would do 'Superbad,' and the next offers you would get would all be crazy cop characters or crazy security guards or something.

I can't imagine doing anything without being an improviser. I can't imagine trying to write or act or direct without what improvising offers you.

Before acting offers came by, I dabbled in theatre under the aegis of the late thespian Dinesh Thakur. He was instrumental in honing my acting skills.

There's not too many offers that come my way about being in a musical.