Emma Watson Quotes

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

Everybody, and that includes an actor, wants to go to work everyday. That said, it's better to sit at home than do a bad film. That can harm your career more than not having a release!

I won't sign a film thinking, 'Oh my God! I don't have a film so I've got to sign one real quickly.'

A good performance from me - no matter what kind of film it is, or who I'm acting with - will help me get better offers.

I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I can find that's sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is. I don't want to work for scale anymore. I'm at a point now where, no matter how good something is, I'm not going to kill myself and end up in the hole.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

If I wanted to work financially, I would have made a series of different choices. I do get offered lots of movies which you could make a lot of money out of. And I always say, 'Why would I do that, when someone else could do it much better than me? Why would I want to do an action picture? Why?'

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.

I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.

I've never understood why you would turn down a great role.

The worst thing for an actor is to be stuck in one kind of thing. But if you're not in people's faces all the time, you can lose traction. And that affects the choice of things you get offered.

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in '8 Mile.' I didn't know Eminem; I just knew he was a rapper and saw what everyone else saw in the media. I thought they were just trying to capitalize on his popularity.

I have been offered roles in mainstream films which have not been interesting to me. They have been too insignificant.

I do not want to be a part of Hindi cinema's rat race. But yes, if I get offers and characters which I feel would suit me as well as make some difference to me, I will do a Hindi film.

People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play.

After 'Champion,' I got like 20,000 psychopath roles! And they wanted me to strip and show my body in every film. But I have tried to balance my roles.

Earlier in my career, there may have been compulsions for accepting films for money.

I know it's a big gamble, but I want to do good films.

For me, especially, the choice of roles in all my films, even it's the same team, has been a risk.