I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her.
Why did God have to make Mo'Nique a good actress? What was God thinking when he decided to give Mo'Nique acting chops. Now we have to endure Mo'Nique comedy specials.
I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.
I really love Robert Duvall, who I think is maybe the best American actor. I love Robert Duvall because the ability that he has to change and do the most amazing work.
Gary Oldman is my TV hero. The incredible thing about Gary Oldman is his versatility.
Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.
Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me.
I think for a lot of people that had seen me do 'Snabba Cash', after watching 'The Killing,' I think they got a sense that I could do different kinds of characters.
I keep saying that, if Samuel L. Jackson and Bette Davis could have a baby, it would be Taraji P. Henson. To me, she's one of the greatest character actors of our generation, let alone leading ladies. She's just phenomenal in everything she does.
I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey Wright.
It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that are good for women.
Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.
I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.
I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
My acting chops are awful.
For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.
I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy and drama roles is considered a rarity.
Character artist, villain, comedian, comedy villain, hero - he has been perfect in them all. That's Mohan Babu. His dialogue delivery is perfect.
I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.
Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible.
Richard Burton is my number one idol. One, because we come from very similar backgrounds and two, because of his fantastic talent.
I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
