Rachael Taylor Quotes

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

All I've ever tried to do is play real people.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.

I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me.

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible.

Any good actor is a character actor.

If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.

My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thought that was beautiful. She just had the essence of her. To truly become someone, invoking emotions like happiness and sadness and everything in between, that's what I want to be able to do.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

My character in 'Hollyoaks' went through absolutely everything! There's not one emotion where I'm going to go, 'I don't know how to play this.'

I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'

I don't really know if I'm writing the kind of roles that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would play. Jessica Lange on 'American Horror Story' is a little bit more my cup of tea.

One of the things you learn as an actor is that human beings are capable of almost anything. I'm sort of in the business of illustrating that fact.

I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred.

I had fun doing both types of roles. Both are good. One day you laugh, and the next day you cry. That's how it is.

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.