Quotes About Versatility

People always think that because of 'Dr. Quinn' that I just play nice family stuff. But the truth of the matter is that 'East of Eden' was a very successful thing for me in the past. I've played a lot of very evil people in my time.

In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.

I love challenging myself, doing different things, and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before.

I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.

I don't want to limit myself to one genre and want to broaden it, more so in my 30s and 40s.

I have an incredibly dark, mysterious, witchy side and another side that's very bubbly and cheerleader-esque.

There's many things that I am. And all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

I'm lucky to have this career where I haven't spent time nailed down to one brand.

I have this idealistic and maybe naive thought that almost any song can be anything. If you record one song today, it would maybe be exciting and cool. But I could record the same song next week and it would be something completely different.

I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

You know, I really enjoy longevity. I see actors in their forties and they just turn out these really fabulous roles and characters. You know who they are, but you wouldn't necessarily know their names.

I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer.

I have played nasty people, but not everyone has seen that stuff. Before 'The Office,' I mainly got cast as little toe-rags.

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

I think women have the natural ability to do multi-tasking.

The warrior who can adapt the easiest to the unexpected is the warrior who will live the longest.

There were Colorgraphics and Summagraphics; Altergo and C. Itoh; and Ball. "Hey, wait a minute. What's Ball doing here? Aren't they the mason jar people?" "Yeah, but they also make disk drives.

Hui Shi was set on using the calabash to hold water, never thinking that he could use water to hold the calabash.

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

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