Laila Ali Quotes

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.

I just thought, 'I want to be an action hero.'

I didn't really think of Hollywood or doing an action movie just because it was not something that I had in mind or that I thought was possible.

It's a fun world to exist in, and I relish doing those movies as much as I do the smaller ones. They're always immense fun. I don't know if I am - unless we do a Benji film, I don't think I am an action hero really.

I usually play tough guys and stuff like that.

Definitely, I did not, after 'SNL,' say, 'OK, first I'll go be in Alexander Payne's movie.' I thought I might go back to writing, to be honest.

I spent a chunk of time in New Orleans doing the movie 'Free State Of Jones,' getting to work with Matthew McConaughey, and also did 'Concussion,' where I got to work with Will Smith.

Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.

I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is my favorite movie, and it's why I wanted to be an actor.

I would definitely be open to more films if the role was right. I haven't thought about a move to Hollywood, but if there was a good opportunity, and it happened that way, then I would definitely consider it!

I've been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies... in which it's hard to get to that level of being memorable, but I still have fond memories of 'Independence Day,' to be sure. There are also many small ones I've had that give me many fond memories.

Terry Malick offered me three parts in 'The Thin Red Line.' I was busy shooting other movies while he asked me the first two.

I don't think I am an action movie star now; I've just done a couple of action movies! I'm just so respectful of the people that have come before me and the hard work they've put in.

I was watching Burt Reynolds movies when I was a kid, going, 'That's what I want to do.'

When I was a kid, I think I wanted to be Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'

It seemed like whenever a Western was going to get made, it came my way.

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

I hope through 'The Family Man,' I get some good offers.

I do not get that many offers in commercial cinema, to be very honest.

I started doing American films and TV before Priyanka, but of course I do small roles in big films, and I don't have the publicity machine working around me.

I didn't want to be a hero and get into the mould but the film industry doesn't work like that. It has a habit of branding you in a specific image to market you easily.

When you leave WWE, like, when I left, I was thinking, 'Maybe I'll take, like, a year off, and in that year, I'll probably do a Marvel movie, maybe a couple of movies. I don't know.' And, obviously, completely unrealistic.