Vanessa Lengies Quotes

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 think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got the chance to do.

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.

I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.

One of the amazing things about acting now is that you can try different things and have choices.

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

I want to do roles that will challenge me. I'm definitely interested in period pieces. But I definitely don't want to limit myself. I'm very open to different roles.

I wouldn't change Buffy for anything and I wouldn't change the course in which she has evolved but it is nice to be able to do something that is a little different.

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before.

I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor.

In my movie work, if I do one guy, the next guy I do, I want to do something kind of different. Even in terms of genre - it's really great to mix it up a little.

It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain fresh.

As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.

I want to do a lot of different characters - definitely not always the same kind of character. I love that life provides so many choices, and I want to be able to experience that.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting.

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

As much as possible, I'd like every role to be totally different from the one before.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.