Sofia Boutella Quotes

I told my father I wanted to act, and he stared renting all these classic films for me to watch.

I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles.

There are many actors I really like and whose work I admire.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

I watch a lot of movies. I've watched movies since I was a kid. My dad brought me to the theater once a week. Always - it was a must. So I think that influenced me a lot to be an actor.

As children, my siblings and I were actively discouraged from acting. I have no memories of going on set with my parents - aside from 'Gulliver's Travels.'

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

Acting is our job, not talking about it. In France, they know me like I belong to their family. I go somewhere and I feel like I'm sometimes the aunt, the grandmother, the mother, the sister. They all know me. But it's not supposed to be that way.

I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.

I want to do films that challenge me. I want to do what the actors I look up to are doing - the Gary Oldmans and Daniel Day-Lewises.

I always loved movies, especially watching some of my mom's films when I was younger, like 'Out of Darkness,' where she played a schizophrenic.

I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

The only film I've enjoyed starring a wrestler was Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler.'

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.

I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curiosities.

I'm not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the character.

Acting is not in the blood. My parents weren't actors, but I imagine that if you've been brought up with actors, you have a lovely time at home and just want that to carry on.