Quotes About Acting

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

I'm a bore. I save all my energy for my characters.

As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

I find a lot of happiness in playing characters that have a lot of emotions. But even more important is the team that I am working with.

These people I play are not usually wish-fulfillment characters.

I don't know what is flopping. I think Derek Fisher does a better job of that than I do. It's taking a charge. It's for the refs to decide.

There's something about the way of playing a repellent character, that if you can play him with a certain amount of charm, you can get away with a lot.

Nobody would be an actor if he/she were not charming at some level.

Some of the best bad guys in movies are funny and charming.

I want to do straight, dramatic acting so I do a hit show when you get chased by aliens!

I write scripts, I read scripts, I meet people who chat about their scripts. So honestly, I don't feel bad if I don't act in a film, as long as people are making great films.

Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.

I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

You're playing a role, but you're still feeling it. You can walk away from it after 'Cut,' but if you're playing a sad or mixed-up person, it's hard to stay in that place for these longish period of times. You kind of have to check out.

When Calista Flockhart read for 'Ally McBeal', I saw this perfect chemistry between the words on the page and the person who would embody that character.

You have to have some connection, empathy, or chemistry with the person you're playing and playing with.

Romance on the screen happens even with people who do not have off-screen chemistry. To bring that out from them is my job.

I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.

At the end of the day, my bread and butter comes from films, so I have to work in films that may not have a great script, but give me a fat pay cheque.

I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes that give an arc to their characters and allow audiences to get to know these people.

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

My first big break was 'White Chicks.' I had only been acting for about two years and I certainly didn't feel like I was ready for such an opportunity. It could only be the hand of God blessing me. I accept everything I'm given with great appreciation.