D. B. Sweeney Quotes

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

I was born a character actor.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.

I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

Eric Stoltz was a very good actor.

I had a lot of respect for Jeremy Renner as an actor before I worked with him, because I was very impressed with what he did in 'The Hurt Locker.'

I always loved Hanks in 'Philadelphia' and 'Forrest Gump' and watching how versatile he was. That shaped my impression of what someone was able to do. Of course, everything De Niro came up with was always something I was taken by.

I can usually play polarizing characters.

I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be a film actor with no experience whatsoever if you've got a good director.

Man, Amy Ryan. I have geeked out so hard for her - to her face! There aren't a lot of people that can cross those lines of drama and comedy so seamlessly as Amy Ryan.

I saw Gosling just kill it in 'Blue Valentine.' I thought he was just amazing at that, and I wouldn't mind maybe doing something like that.

I would absolutely love to do something with Viola Davis or Meryl Streep. I just think both of those women fall so deep into their characters that you are no longer looking at the actresses, you are looking at the characters they embraced.

I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.

My dream role would be a role that is entertaining and 'massy,' and it should be able to make people laugh and cry and make the audience scared of me and then make them fall in love with me again.

I'm fortunate enough to pull off glamorous as well as strong, character-driven roles.

I can be the girl next door, be the sexy girl, be an action girl. As an actor, this is something that people need to see.

I'm obsessed with Maggie Smith - the way that she can be the most brilliant actress in every single situation and then do Harry Potter, and still make me cry while she's casting spells with a wand?

The people I respect in the history of acting, from the beginning, were chameleons.