Zachary Levi Quotes

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

I'm not after having the lead or being in a blockbuster Hollywood film. I'm after reading the material and loving it. That's all.

I think all the roles were something that sort of hit me, and I guess I was very lucky to get those roles.

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I used to do small roles in Western films.

I am very happy that in the second year of my acting career in Bollywood I got to do a biopic.

There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

I really love being a character actor.

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've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.

I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.