Roberto Aguire Quotes

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

I think every role you do prepares you for the next one. Of course, 'Nashville' has been, and will continue to be, a huge learning experience for me as an actor. It's something that I grew a lot doing.

I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So, anything that's going to help me grow.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

I feel like any time you, as an actor, can be surrounded by other amazing actors, you can't do anything but grow.

I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.

I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If anything, I've felt frustrated that I can't carry a film because everything since 'District 9' has been supporting roles.

The movies and the parts I'm being offered are becoming better and better.

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.

When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.

Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in theater. I think it's such a useful tool as a person and as an actor to go back and forth between those two mediums.

I learned so much from my life as an actor, as a kid actor through being an adult actor, and then becoming a writer and producer and doing animation.

I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way.

To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years.

I have no hesitation in taking up more acting assignments if good roles come.

The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.

Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so much faith in my abilities.

I want to attack and to lead my life with vigor, but I'm in the watching stage at the moment. Younger actors feel pressure to bring a pop to every scene; as the roles get bigger, I'm finding you can add layers and do less scene-to-scene.

Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.