Sharlto Copley Quotes

Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of acting: character acting and lead acting. And in my life, to begin with, in the 1980s, it was all character acting. And then when, by fluke, through 'Four Weddings', I got into doing lead parts, it's a completely different thing.

Damnation' and 'Dublin Murders' are the first lead roles I've gotten to do. The more time you spend in front of the camera, the more you begin to relax in front of it.

I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play.

I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.

When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles.

I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.

I do think you are mainly thrown into one medium as an actor, and then hopefully you grow from there.

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives.

It wasn't my intention in going after this part but I suppose now I do. The adult roles are a lot meatier - you're not always just the daughter or the girlfriend or whatever.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.