Christopher Timothy Quotes

I have a hunger for good roles.

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the theater.

Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode horses day and night for like three or four months, and that got me ready for that.

I'm trying to get an acting gig on 'CSI' or something like that, so we'll see how that works out. I'm a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions.

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

My very first acting job was with Alan Parker on' Angela's Ashes,' but as a child, I had written to so many other productions just applying for any role. I always wanted to be an actress, and I did loads of acting summer schools.

I wouldn't be able to tackle a character like Rosalee on 'Underground' without having tackled the many characters I've played before.

I always wanted to play characters, and that was definitely one - a Russian spy.

As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.

After my 12th standard, I started preparing for the film industry. I've had no formal acting training.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

I came from a theater background and always wanted to act.

I grew up on sets so I've always felt like that I wanted to be a part of the acting world.

It's a great experience as an actor to just work loads all the time. Constantly getting through material.

I aspire to play interesting characters.

I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.

I love acting. Acting's always been my first love. I grew up watching multi-camera television shows... And I thought I would absolutely be in for that.

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

The fact that the movie's called Norman and I play Norman was just a weighted responsibility that I never experienced before. I just tried to be prepared as possible. I think that's really the only way to go about it, from what I heard from people who have to do this a lot.

In fact I've been rather blessed with roles in my career that really alter my actual look. I've never looked the same in any film I've done.

With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like, I'd be really funny in that role, but I'm not good at auditions so I guess I'm not getting that role. It's a very frustrating job.

Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies.

I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.

I watched every single Bond movie three or four times, taking in everything I could about how the character had been portrayed in the past, then threw all that away once I started doing the role.