“I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.” TryingRolesDirectorsProjectsAdmireGood Directors Author:Logan Lerman
“My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.” CharacterHappensChoicesActorsLevelsRolesWonderfulTvsProjectsTheaterSeriesFinancialObviousConsistentPaychecksTv Series Author:Jim Parsons
“I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.” PeopleThinkingDoneNumbersRolesProjectsBreakthrough Author:Matthew Rhys
“People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to the fashionable genius role. I really enjoy when a project gets down to the wire, and through sheer force of will and faith in our process, we cross the goal line, when most people thought it impossible.” PeopleSeemsAsksForceProcessEnjoyGoalLinesRolesImpossibleGeniusProjectsCrossesArchitectureAsk MeBudgetsSheerWireFashionableForce Of Will Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“I've always followed my heart. With every project that I've ever chosen, it's been something that I felt I couldn't live without, and that I couldn't spend another day of my life not knowing that I didn't do that role, gave my all to that role, and gave all of my emotions and soul to it.” HeartSoulFeltEmotionRolesKnowingMy HeartProjectsChosenNot KnowingAnother Day Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Im not sure Ill find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, its great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.” IfsActingRolesForeverProjectsIllNot SureSatisfyingFreedom To ChooseAnything And Everything Author:Francois Arnaud
“When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.” IfsThinkingLooksI CanCan DoRolesProjects Author:Louis Gossett, Jr.
“I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.” AbleNextActorsWishRolesPlansMastersLuckyDirectorsProjectsLuckPreparedPersistenceFilmmaker Author:Dermot Mulroney
“I just want to do a good job with each role that I take and continue to better myself as an actress because that's what I love about this job... being able to act and work with so many different people on such a wide range of projects.” PeopleWantDifferentAbleJobsRolesProjectsWideActressesRangeGood JobDifferent Peoples Author:Emma Stone
“Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King Lear, Hamlet, and all of those great roles. So all you do is you dive into these unchallenged roles and see how far you can get, what kind of accolades you can get, and how good you can be in them. In movie roles, you can actually improve them by knowing a lot about your own stage technique, which helps a great deal in the cinema and how you can project inner humor even though the particular dialogue is not necessarily funny, but you can infuse it with humor.” KnowsKindHelpingLiteratureDealsRolesKnowingWrittenStageParticularMastersKingsProjectsTheaterTechniqueDialogueCinemaLearAccolades Author:Christopher Plummer
“When you really want a role and you really want a character, you become quite close to the script and the project, and it is sad when it doesn't go your way. But I've found there's always another one, which will be as good if not better. You can't let your failures bring you down when you're an actor, because then you can't get up.” IfsWayWantCharacterActorsFoundRolesProjectsScriptsGet Up Author:Asa Butterfield
“For me, the greatest kind of success that I've had on a particular project or in exploring a role does come through collaboration. I wouldn't want to do a movie where everything I do the director just says, "Good job" and I'm under directed.” WantKindDoeJobsRolesParticularDirectorsProjectsCollaborationExploringGood Job Author:Miles Teller
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“I wouldn't be where I am without these Funny or Die videos in general. When I was first starting out, I would take roles just to get the experience, but not exactly because I believed in the projects I was doing.” FirstsDiesRolesProjectsStartingVideoStarting OutFunny Or Die Author:Dave Franco
“Honestly, I look at the project and I look at the people attached and I look at the director. If it's a role that I feel will help me, as an actor, then I'll definitely take it.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksHelpingActorsRolesDirectorsProjectsHonestlyHelp Me Author:Sasha Grey
“I worked on human rights projects in Haiti, Cameroon, and East Asia, and the bigger ones tended to do with agriculture. My role was to make sure that there was equity that remained at the base of those projects, with the workers. I had a couple of different lives.” HumansDifferentRolesRightsCoupleProjectsBiggerWorkersHuman RightsEastAgricultureAsiaEquityHaitiDifferent LifeEast AsiaCameroon Author:Sanjay Rawal
“It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch.” PeopleWayWantImportantCharacterBlackRolesWatchesProjectsFeaturesBlack PeopleNicheBlack MovieDynamic Characters Author:Amandla Stenberg
“Creating my own roles, as an actor, is great. You're so at the mercy of other people, and you're waiting for a job. That's just a horrible way to live, so I just decided to take matters into my own hands, find my own projects, and create them myself, and then do other stuff that people might throw my way as well.” PeopleWayWellsMatterHandsMightJobsActorsStuffWaitingMy OwnRolesProjectsCreatingDecidedMercyHorribleMy WayWay To Live Author:Catherine Bell
“I don't need to work right away. I'd rather wait for something really good; to be excited about a role, or a director, or a project.” NeedsWaitingRolesDirectorsProjectsExcited Author:Nina Dobrev
“You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so the challenges are new and you still learn things. I still think I can become a much better actor.” ThinkingStillsI CanActorsChallengesRolesProjects Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“When The Walking Dead officially got greenlit, Frank Darabont called me up and said, "My passion project just got off the ground. There's a role I think you're perfect for. Would you consider the role of Andrea?" And I was like, "Wow, I'd love to take a look at it." So, I read the pilot script and was knocked out.” ThinkingLooksSaidPassionPerfectRolesWalkingProjectsScriptsWowPilotsFrankMy PassionAndreaWalking Dead Author:Laurie Holden
“I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.” KnowsWantFeelsI CanCan DoRolesComfortableProjectsPlentyFlipTurned Down Author:J. B. Smoove
“I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.” ThinkingWantShouldTryingLooksI CanRealJobsActorsCan DoCareersRolesDangerProjectsStatementsTeethGood Job Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role. As any motorcycle enthusiast can probably attest to, getting your motorcycle looking and riding the best certainly holds a high rating of importance. And if I don't finish the Lego city with my son, then I meet the wrath of an extremely assertive four-year-old project manager.” IfsWantYearsPassionCitiesRolesFourSonProjectsTreatsImportanceManagersMy SonFour YearsRidingWrathMy PassionMotorcycleRatingAssertiveLegos Author:Danielle Cormack
“The documentary we are working on is about my mother, Bev Umehara, for whom our film company, Bev's Girl Films, is named after. It is a passion project that I have wanted to make since her unexpected passing in 1999. The film is about my mother's calling which came late in life, at 47, when she made the sudden transformation from a humble hardworking secretary and mother of four, into a labor activist, a respected union leader, and a role model for rank-and-file workers, women of color, and for all Asian Pacific Americans.” MadeWantedFilmMotherGirlPassionCompanyLeaderRolesFourColorCallingProjectsLateModelsLaborTransformationUnionsWorkersHumblePassingPassingsUnexpectedActivistRole ModelsSecretaryDocumentariesAsianFilesPacificHardworking Author:Garth Kravits
“So, first, I wanted to be a part of the project because I thought it was an important story to tell. On top of that, it's rare to find roles for strong, young, feisty women, especially in a military film. And I love that Suarez ends up being the moral compass of the story, and that she's also brave enough to stand up to all these men.” MenFirstsImportantEndsEnoughStoriesWantedFilmYoungStrongMoralRolesMilitaryProjectsBraveCompassMoral CompassFeistySuarez Author:Zoe Kravitz
“My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role.” WantPassionRolesProjectsTreatsImportanceMy Passion Author:Danielle Cormack
“I feel like that's a blessing [ Ralph Angel role]. I really just think it's about the overall message, the way it's conveyed and the people involved in the project. Find people you want to create with because it's infinite, unlimited expression.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsRolesExpressionInvolvedBlessingProjectsMessagesAngelInfiniteUnlimited Author:Kofi Siriboe
“I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought "Wow." It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.” MeanBookNationsChanceCareersRolesProjectsExcitingScriptsWowReally MeanFast FoodFast Food Nation Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“I'm an Ivy League-educated lawyer, so you'd think the world wouldn't mess with me, right? But I've been paid $10,000 less than a less qualified man in the same role. I've had men I've worked with grab my leg or rub my back in ways that have made me feel uncomfortable. I've been taken off projects because I was pregnant, even though my pregnancies have been both been healthy and didn't impact my work at all.” ThinkingMenWorldWayFeelsHas BeensMadeRolesTakenHealthyProjectsPaidImpactLegsLawyerEducatedMessLeagueUncomfortablePregnancyPregnantQualifiedIvyWere PregnantIvy LeagueMess With Me Author:Jane Park