“Doing jobs that are completely different to the last thing I did pushes me as an actor to change as much as I can. It would be easy for me to stay in a similar vein of characters or jobs, but I'm drawn to challenging myself.” I CanDifferentCharacterWould BeJobsLastsActorsEasyChallengesVeinsChallenging Myself Author:Richard Madden
“I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayWould BeActorsChallengesRolesTypeAspire Author:Vanessa Lengies
“I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.” LooksActorsChallenges Author:Devon Sawa
“As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.” ShouldActorsChallengesWilling Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.” PeopleWayActorsChallengesFindingsExcitingTricky Author:Carey Mulligan
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I did a lot of theater in school. I thought maybe I wanted to go to law school or be a judge or a politician. And then I just kind of got smitten by the process of rehearsal and working with other actors and those kinds of challenges. And then comedy.” KindWantedSchoolLawActorsProcessChallengesComedyJudgingPoliticianTheaterRehearsalLaw SchoolSmittenWorking With Others Author:Rashida Jones
“I've played English a number of times, and used an English accent a number of times, so it becomes a little bit of an obstacle course to go, "Oh, that's teetering into Captain Jack-ville," or "This is teetering into Chocolat or Wonka." You've got to really pay attention to the places you've been. But, that's part of it. That's the great challenge. You may get it wrong. There's a very good possibility that you can fall flat on your face, but that's a healthy thing for an actor.” MayLittlesFacesUsedFallCoursesActorsBitsChallengesNumbersPayAttentionPossibilityHealthyLittle BitVery GoodObstaclesPay AttentionFlatsYour FaceAccentsCaptainsCaptain Jack Author:Johnny Depp
“I'm not scared of doing movies that are just about entertainment. I'm not scared of doing movies that are really challenging and cover difficult terrain. I just want good experiences and I want to challenge myself and I want to just keep learning, as an actor.” WantActorsDifficultChallengesScaredEntertainmentTerrainKeep LearningGood Experiences Author:Joel Edgerton
“The goal with me, and the way I challenge myself as an actor, is to go from genre to genre. I like that. A lot of actors always challenge themselves. But for me the challenge lies not only in getting better, but going from drama to comedy to action or whatever the case may be, and having a wide array of movies in terms of my filmography.” WayMayActionLyingActorsGoalTermChallengesCasesComedyDramaWideGenreGet Better Author:Dwayne Johnson
“The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to do. You've got people pointing cameras at you and hundreds of people watching you, as you're trying to be great. And often, almost every time, you're not.” PeopleTryingBigsActorsChallengesCamerasThings To DoEmbarrassingPointingEmbarrassmentBig Challenges Author:Chris Pratt
“The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.” FeelsStillsRealHappensActorsEasyChallengesLinesActingAudienceLaughingComedyDyingEmotionalEasierDramaThings HappenComicFulfillingHorrificFeel Like Dying Author:George Takei
“I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is completely death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work. So there was an inherent challenge in trying to keep it fresh, because it's something that I'm familiar with, but the real draw for me was at long last to work with Halle. She and I had come close to working on two other films together prior to this one that unfortunately had fallen apart for various reasons.” IfsMenTryingYearsLongMadeTwoRealReasonShowsTogetherLastsFilmActorsChallengesCareersOne ThingDrawsVariousFamiliarBoredFallenBoredomCopInherentUniformsSeventeen Author:Benjamin Bratt
“You should always challenge yourself, as an actor, to find the connection between you and the character.” ShouldCharacterActorsChallengesConnectionsChallenge Yourself Author:Michael Ealy
“I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.” ThinkingRealActorsChallengesInterestingConstant Author:Benjamin Bratt
“I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.” Has BeensI CanFactsFilmActorsChallengesInterestingRolesTelevisionEvolveMost Interesting Author:Octavia Spencer
“As an actor playing a character, you look for all of those avenues to see if there's any sense of vulnerability or love that you can bring to a character, and decide how that's portrayed and how that's going to be a struggle with the other characters. It's your job to take that on and challenge yourself, and meet that head on and see what happens with it.” IfsLooksCharacterHappensJobsActorsChallengesStruggleVulnerabilityAvenuesChallenge Yourself Author:David Boreanaz
“Any athlete or any actor who's preparing for a long time to step on a stage or step on a field or step on a movie set, who suffers an injury right before you're getting ready to perform or to execute - it is a massive challenge that's thrown your way that you didn't expect.” WayLongSufferingActorsChallengesStepsStageFieldsReadyLong TimeAthleteInjuryThrownMassivePreparingMovie Sets Author:Dwayne Johnson
“One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.” DifferentActorsChallengesMonthsGreat Things Author:James Purefoy
“Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.” CharacterShowsActorsChallengesTenure Author:Reshma Shetty
“If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.” IfsWayYoungArtistFallActorsChallengesToo MuchFailingSucceedNotionCreatorPainterDecentLockedSuccess And FailureUnhealthyYoung ActorsCommunicatorsChallenge Yourself Author:Emma Thompson
“As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.” PersonsActorsChallenges Author:Joanne Froggatt
“I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge. But, you want to take up that challenge and try your best.” ThinkingWantTryingCharacterActorsDifficultChallengesInterestingDevelopingPush YourselfTry Your BestAsa Author:Asa Butterfield
“But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.” WantTryingDifferentDonePastActorsChallengesStepsDifferent ThingsChallenge Yourself Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.” TryingWellsPlayCharacterActorsChallengesFigures Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from migraine headaches was so severe that I literally had to crawl across my dressing room floor. But I couldnt let anyone know. If they thought I might slow production, I figured that would end my career.” IfsKnowsMayHas BeensEndsMightPainActorsChallengesRoomsCareersProductionsHidingSevereDressingsHeadacheDressing RoomsMigraine Author:Morgan Fairchild
“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.” WayStoriesActorsChallengesInterestingRolesWrittenCome UpUp To You Author:Richard Schiff
“You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.” LongMomentsFilmActorsChallengesEmotionPeriodsTricksLong Periods Of TimeFilm Actors Author:Aaron Stanford
“I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.” ShowsActorsHoursChallengesOne DayAdmirationOperaSoapSoap Operas Author:Catherine Mary Stewart
“Each movie was a challenge for me, as a man, as an actor. After each movie, something changed in my life, in my character.” MenCharacterActorsChallengesChanged Author:Omar Sy
“I work very physically as an actor. The biggest thing for me has been the challenge of how to be this person [Olivia Pope] with the personal transformation that's going on for me physically... That hasn't been easy. It's been an awesome challenge for me...because so much of how I access character is through my body.” PersonsHas BeensCharacterBodyRealityActorsEasyChallengesWorkFamilyGenerationsHuman NatureHealthTransformationStrategyIndividualityAccessPersonal Transformation Author:Kerry Washington
“I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered and tune people out and just kind of get really me-focused, so I think communication for actors is a big challenge actually.” PeopleThinkingKindSelfBigsActorsChallengesCommunicationTerribleFocusedTendenciesTunesGet RealSelf CenteredCommunicatorsBig Challenges Author:Rainn Wilson
“That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.” PeopleWantLooksHeartKindLongJobsGuyActorsCan DoChallengesActingSuccessfulTypeLong TimeBeing SuccessfulEighty Author:Jason Clarke
“I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because unfortunately people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingLooksActorsChallengesCitiesStreetsCamerasShooting Author:Noah Baumbach
“Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.” HappensActorsLosesChallengesWeatherSchedulesPuzzlesInjuredTetris Author:David Benioff
“I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.” MayPersonsCountryBigsAmericaArtistActorsChallengesCompanyMajorsTownsActressesGrantsTouring Author:Louise Slaughter
“For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.” WayDifferentActorsChallengesRolesDifferent Ways Author:John Hawkes
“For me, as an actor, the most challenging thing is creating the character in the beginning because you have to write their backstory. The easy part about doing a sequel is that you've done the film, so you already know their backstory.” KnowsWritingDoneCharacterFilmActorsEasyChallengesCreatingSequels Author:Thomas Ian Nicholas
“I had been working predominantly and steadily as a dancer, so after awhile, you don't have to audition. I was just in that world, and I had certain goals I wanted to reach, but I definitely always wanted to keep going and challenge myself and become an actor.” WorldWantedCertainActorsGoalChallengesDancerKeep GoingAuditions Author:Kenny Wormald
“You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience.” ActorsChallengesRoles Author:David Oyelowo
“I think every actor is looking for a challenge, and to play something different, and to be a part of a project with other great actors.” ThinkingDifferentPlayActorsChallengesProjectsGreat Actors Author:Hilary Duff
“The biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to just keep on working, prepping, reading and imagining, all the way through, but the biggest challenge is always to let go of all that and just be open to others. That's what we do, as actor. We play with each other and we stimulate each other, and we have to be prepared to be stimulated by the other. That's always my big challenge.” WayPlayBigsReadingActorsChallengesLetting GoPreparedFocusedBe PreparedBig Challenges Author:Hugo Weaving
“I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to something fun.” WantJobsActorsFunChallenges Author:Nathan Fillion
“I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and keep me learning and stimulated.” IdeasActorsGamesEnergyChallenges Author:Nicolas Cage
“As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging and I love it. I'm sort of a glutton for work and to direct something that I'm acting in feeds the vein.” ActorsHoursChallengesActingMinutesDirectorsDirectComplexesVeins Author:Jason Bateman
“What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.” KindLittlesHappensFilmCertainFallActorsFoundBitsChallengesMemoriesInterestingInformationSceneLittle BitShotsFadesOur Memories Author:Olivia Wilde
“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from these experiences creatively. I really, really learned so much about acting, about myself... all of those things. It's difficult to talk about the actor's process without sounding like an arrogant asshole but they really were very challenging.” YearsPersonsI CanPlayFactsAbleActorsOpportunityProcessDifficultTermChallengesActingReaderLifetimeRevolutionaryArrogantApril Author:Kate Winslet
“My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to only do something that I think will challenge me and that I, personally and very subjectively, I think is good not do something because I think it will bring me a lot of money or bring me a lot of awards. I've tried to very, very rigorously be highly subjective about what I do. And that's something that I think I have basically lived by.” ThinkingWritingTryingActorsChallengesDecisionInspireFellowsSticksAwardsLots Of MoneySubjectiveGood Writing Author:Glenn Close
“I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.” ThinkingBigsActorsTermChallengesLevelsStudiosBudgetsBig Challenges Author:Famke Janssen