Sandra Bullock Quotes

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

Whenever I like a character or a script, I take up the project and leave the rest to the audience.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot.

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love about what I do.

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.