Terry Kiser Quotes

I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I'm a character actress.

I'm a character actor at heart.

The idea of an actor is that you should be able to play anything.

Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I really liked Daniel Day-Lewis, and I thought, 'Oh, he's a good guy to try and emulate.'

I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

I absolutely love doing comedy, however, of course as an actor, I would love the opportunity to do more dramatic roles.

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting.

I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.

I think any actor hopes to have variety and range in what they do. Everybody has a certain range, so you take on roles to expand that the best you can... See things a little differently and whatnot.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've ever met in my entire life. I've seen her do a lot of other things, and she's fantastic.

I consider myself a character actor.

My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.

I would like to be in tons of different types of movies and do different things. I like action movies, and with 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman', I got to see a historical movie, too.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much both.

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.