I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.
I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.
How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees. Plus, he's a pleasure to work with, pleasure to be around.
I don't think many actors are that good, to be honest. I certainly don't think I am.
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 think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are recycling. So now I'm Sam Malone the editor. I'm Sam Malone the billionaire.
There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me.
My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.
Mithunda is a great actor. He has done all kinds of roles simultaneously and that's no mean feat.
The acting in 'Downton Abbey' has been consistently excellent across the board.
If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.
I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.
Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.
I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.
When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.
I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.
Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.
I'm a reasonably good actor, and I'm an average naval officer. Ha, ha!
I love playing serious! That's a relief for me. It means something. It sounds dead corny and cheesy, but on a day-to-day basis, you can't just let loose and cry. So as an actress playing those gritty roles, I can play it quite decently.
Television has been really good to me in terms of the roles I've been able to get on TV as opposed to the roles I've gotten in film and in theater.
William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis.
My ability to bring different characters to life is what has helped me advance in my career, and I would say as far as looks are concerned, well, I suppose that would be the icing on the cake, but acting comes first and foremost.
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
I know what I'm worth as an actress: not the best in the world, but not bad either.
I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.
