A. J. Bowen Quotes

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

Madhuri should do more films. She should do a film with me where she is romancing me.

I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.

I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.

The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.

After I do a big movie I get offered big movies. But I always do the weirdest indie.

My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.

I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories.

My job is to act, whether in indie or mainstream films.

I want to do more movies, more adult roles.

I've worked with the likes of Ram Gopal Varma in 'Rakhta Charitra' and Mani Ratman in 'Raavan' - both these films released in Hindi as well. You need to have something substantial to make a mark in Bollywood and these movies gave me strong characters.

I was getting a lot of offers in Telugu when I was shooting for 'Oh My Friend' and 'Seventh Sense.'

It would be interesting to explore an opportunity if Hindi filmmakers think I can fit into any character in a film.

Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.

The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.

I think the first thing I did when I was a kid was a Maxwell House Coffee commercial with George Strait. And I did a Wrangler Jeans commercial, and then 'The Patriot' came to town.