Sarah Michelle Gellar Quotes

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.

Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What's incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.

It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.

I love the opportunity to use my full range, and so playing in the comedy 'Black-ish' gives me the opportunity to show my lighter side, and playing in this beautiful, elegant horror story of 'Hannibal,' I get to use my darker and more cerebral side. It's really wonderful.

I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination?

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career.

That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.

In my movie work, if I do one guy, the next guy I do, I want to do something kind of different. Even in terms of genre - it's really great to mix it up a little.

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.

I would love to do different kind of roles and genres.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

When I read what 'GLOW' was about, it just felt like something where I could make as many faces as I wanted, and it would totally make sense!

The only thing that drives me is those different sort of roles which allow me to experiment.

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.

My job always is to play a person, not to judge her.

Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.