Holly Hunter Quotes

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

With the performances, I have been very fortunate to pick things and to find scripts that I really love. I always try to do something that I haven't done before.

One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.

I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play!

I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.

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

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.

Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies that say something.

As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.

I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.

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

For me to take a role, I read a script, and I think, 'Wow, I don't know how I'm going to do this, but I want to try.'

When I'm doing a part, I'm not coming with any baggage of who did what. I looked at 'Force 2' as a fresh film. It's a new story and a new director.

For me, it's always the script. The script which gives me the chance to do something new; that has been my prime objective ever since I started acting. There's nothing else that excites me more than that.

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'm game for any kind of roles as long as I find it interesting.

Every time I choose a role, I see whether it excites me and offers me the potential to challenge myself.