Acting Role Quotes

One of my dad's friends from the music industry came over to our house one time and heard me sing, and he said, 'She should audition for this role I have!' So I did! It was a movie called 'The Gospel,' which I did when I was five. That was when I was like, 'I want to do this acting thing!'

I'm an actor and this is a role I'm playing. But people can get wacky.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'

My ambition from the very beginning was to make a good part for myself, something differently to what lately I've been doing.

My job as an actor is to live the role that I do.

When 'I' released, I gave a couple of interviews in which I expressed my interest to play an action heroine.

As an actor, you are always someone else's tool. You can have a connection with them, and you can share their point of view, but ultimately, you are helping them reflect.

I like to work. I like to go every night and play a part.

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.

We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story.

I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me.

It's an amazing role for any actor, so deep and challenging. And Anne Frank was such an amazing person, I feel honored to portray her.

Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical.

There's something very cool as an actor when you have an opportunity to play somebody who's real, whether they're still alive or not, but who has lived a life.

I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.

Any good actor is a character actor.

I'm doing 'Alvin and the Chipmunks.' I get to play the bad guy. That's a nice change of pace.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'

Toni Collette has been a huge influence. She was my absolute number one idol, and then I got 'United States of Tara.' I was pinching myself. I couldn't believe the first day I was on set, and I got pages of dialogue of real stuff to do with her.

I would love to play Janis Gaye in the Marvin Gaye story. If they ever do the Marvin Gaye story, I would love to play Janis - just throwing that out there.

My first acting role as a kid was on 'Freaks and Geeks.'

I can't wait until I get to play the fat guy in the office.

Before signing 'Dawat-E-Ishq,' I came across few more offers, but none of them interested me. This film has a soul, and I went for it.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.