Quotes About Versatility

I'm glad I've been offered songs from various genres, but I love singing melodies the most.

I'm not playing a fixed character on 'Comedy Nights Live;' in fact I would be seen portraying various characters.

I really like being thrown into the works. Many actors, I have found, have this as a common trait. We had to, as children, adapt to various situations with either a military family or things like that.

I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to avoid being typecast.

I have quite a lot of character types that I want to play, so taking on various genres and roles is what I intend to do, if I can.

There are a ton of A-list stars I'd love to dress - fashionistas like Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson. Also, Cate Blanchett would be fun and fabulous. My picks vary by the day and how I'm feeling. But, as a new, young designer, I'm open to working with everyone!

He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

Edgbaston is a ground where you have to think on your feet because it can vary so much from season to season or session to session.

I vary from issue to issue and Im not party political at all. I think its important in comedy not to come from any set angle or it would be too predictable.

I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.

What's lovely about what I do for a living is the vast chasm of variety that constantly just comes at you from all angles.

People always try to pigeonhole you, especially the media, who are happy if they can label you as a particular kind of artist. But the spectrum of songs I write and record is vast.

I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.

I do some very high energy comedy, vaudeville, music hall stuff, and people who've seen my work on camera, on TV and movies, would not really know that.

The thing I love about Vegas is there's something for any type of mood you're in and something for any kind of adventure you seek out.

I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would probably have become a vegetable. I wouldn't be able to have all these talents I have today and be an interesting 'character.'

I don't really seek out vegetarian spots... but mainly, I know how to work a menu no matter where I am.

We seem to want one vehicle to carry people and soccer balls and hay bales.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

Doing jobs that are completely different to the last thing I did pushes me as an actor to change as much as I can. It would be easy for me to stay in a similar vein of characters or jobs, but I'm drawn to challenging myself.

There are a lot of writers who find a groove and spend a career mining that vein. I seem to be exactly the opposite.

I'm so open to different things. The only thing I'd say is I've set the bar pretty high in terms of good female roles with 'Diary,' and I want to continue in that vein.

If you asked me to sing a modern song, I wouldn't be able to - I can't easily slip into that groove. But if it were a song by Nico or The Velvet Underground, fine.