Quotes about Acting

When I get older, if they ever do a project about Audra McDonald's life, I would love to play her, or even play her daughter in something. I love her.

I guess I just do 'emasculated' and 'meek' very well.

The last thing I wanted to do was act, because it was the path of least resistance.

Sometimes you can just step into the character, and you get all your feelings and emotions just from sympathizing with her and being her. But then, other times, you just have to resort back to anything that you've been through in your own life and try to play that.

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.

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

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.