Matt Lauria Quotes

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

I just try to play more and more difficult roles.

As an actor, I'm always so excited about those things that I get to stretch my legs and really get to do something that's hard to do.

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

I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.

I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways, it's a pretty frightening experience. But normally, I do tend to walk against fear and hope that I'll be able to survive.

Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.

I'm always wishing for more intrigue and meaty stuff to do as an actor.

I feel if the Punjabi cinema is experimenting, I should also at least try and do roles which create a new identity with every film.

Actors usually tend to gravitate towards the evil things that stretch them.

I think any actor, if they had the choice, would opt for challenging roles that test their capabilities.

Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from these experiences creatively. I really, really learned so much about acting, about myself... all of those things. It's difficult to talk about the actor's process without sounding like an arrogant asshole but they really were very challenging.

Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."

When something doesn't go exactly to plan, money is tight or a business is struggling - see it as a challenge rather than a failure. Look outside the box and try and find a solution - you'll be surprised how many great opportunities and possibilities arise when things look bad. You've just got to open your mind and not be afraid of sticking your neck out!

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.

Alejandro Amenábar has a unique way of approaching movies and thinking about something which was new to me. It was different. I have a lot of respect for him so I just took a gamble.

Remember that nothing really important ever happens until someone takes a chance.

I basically enjoy doing films that are about something, that have complex roles that I can sink my teeth into. Basically, I gravitate to things that scare me. They might be things that I don't think I know how to play. I like trying to find within me where this character may exist. Whether is it is a fictional character or not I am not motivated by that. It is more about how challenging it is. It is just so happens that the more high profile things I have done have been historical characters.

Taking chances on opportunities, even if they aren't right for you, gives you a clearer picture of where you want to go with your life and career.

One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.

Lette me stande to the maine chance.

I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that.

I always hope for roles that have some depth and that I can get my teeth into and that will challenge me, in some way.

It's the old adage, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained, ... While this is unique, we consider ourselves unique.