Julie Benz Quotes

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds.

I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.

'Sophie's Choice' is actually the reason I became an actress.

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.

I would like to have opportunities in my career to do parts that people would remember - either the whole character or certain moments that they personally could really connect to or were really affected by it deeply.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

Actors die so loud.

You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the first time I was on stage, I was doing 'West Side Story,' I was 17 and this woman was crying because she liked what I was doing so much.

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

On the stage, you enter into a bond with the audience, and you can sense they are moved by what you're doing. It's a sweet return.

Characters can stay with you.

My goal in wrestling was always to take people on a journey to get a reaction and make people feel like they had seen something special. Thankfully, I get reminded of that every day.

It is very touching that you are able to create some kind of impact through a character.

A lot of actors give a performance that many people connect with and they end up talking about it a lot of their life.

I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.

What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong, resonant ideas at their core will have more of an impact on the cultural consciousness than a character who's just an empty collection of attributes.

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

I may be a B-movie star, but I work. I'm an actor.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.

They filled our lives so much, the films they were in made us laugh, think and cry. Through their work they shared a piece of our soul. We will miss them with the sadness with which we miss an old friend.

I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just made Jack Benny laugh."