Ashton Kutcher Quotes

To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'

I think Johnny Depp could play just about any role - I'd love to see what he would do with the Red Queen!

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.

There is a general notion that playing a bubbly girl is undemanding and less challenging. But that's not the case. You need oodles of energy to bring out the spirit of a lively character. Besides, no two bubbly girls are the same. Every character I have played is different from the other. I love being chosen for such lively roles.

I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.

Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week.

I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else.

It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.

I've long been a fan of Chiwetel Ejiofor. I think he's a great actor. He's my kind of guy. He does what I aspire to do.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

I never did love Hollywood, I just loved the work.