Natalie Dormer Quotes

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.

Movie acting is a great job for your twenties: You travel all over, you have affairs with people, and you throw yourself into one part and then another. It gets more challenging as you get older, and it's not just having a daughter, it's wanting to have your own life and be yourself.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week. So I really couldn't see myself being anything else.

I think it's important I stay connected to every part of my personality. I play basketball. I rock climb. I paint. I'm a little bit scattered, but it's so I can convincingly play all these characters.

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.

It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up.

I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing.

There's so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really, what defines who you are is when circumstances push you to the edge.

I feel really proud of my work on 'Sullivan & Son.' It's a really different character for me. I was excited to play this really tough, sweet smart, quirky girl because that's who I am at my core, but that's never who I was playing. The show is like my pride and joy.

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.

Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.

Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.

Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it.

I was playing a lot of bigger, sort-of-comedic characters in slightly heightened realities, and it had been so fun and fulfilling for a long time. But it got to a point where I just felt like I didn't have that in me anymore.

I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.

I'm always thinking about what my identity is.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.

I think, personally, it's our flaws that define us to us - or maybe it's just me.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

My biggest goal is to keep playing characters that challenge me.