Dramatic Ability Quotes

I don't consider myself a good actor.

It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.

I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area.

I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.

With that incredible voice that he [Alan Rickman] could play like a sort of wonderful instrument, like a cello or something. He played his voice, and he could be the most subtle of actors. And he could also be quite a big actor. He could do the grandiose performances as well.

I never pretended to be a great actor.

There wasn't space to mood-up. I think Rose Byrne was just extraordinary. Talk about a character that could be really unsympathetic at times. She just jumped in these scenes that go from anger to hysteria to crying to laughing and back to anger. I just marveled.

I'm used to big roles and lots of words.

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.

Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

Sam Rockwell has a fantastic sense of rhythm.