Alison Doody Quotes

Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.

I don't want to take up a project for the sake of it. I want to work and follow my passion, and not anything else.

You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me.

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American.

I don't work at something because I think it's important. I work at things that, to me, are interesting.

I'm the type who'd rather not work than work on something I'm not into. I've done that a couple of times, and I feel like I can totally see it in my performance.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

For me, I never take a job thinking it's going to grab ratings or that it's even going to be a success. I don't. I just take the job because I love the character. Or I love the script. Maybe I love the director. But whatever I do, I never think about how it will do. That is not in my hands.

There's not anyone in particular I'd like to work with. I just want to continue doing work that I have a passion for.

What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire.

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.

I enjoy my work, and I take what appeals to me.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.

I just want to try and be in projects that are exciting to me.

I want to want to go to work in the morning.

I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true.

It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.

I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.

I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.