Ashley Thomas Quotes

I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it.

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.

I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself.

I think early in my career, I didn't choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn't go out and campaign for smaller, better roles.

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

A newcomer needs to be careful as to what kind of role they choose. If you choose something different, you will end up getting typecast. That's why I chose to play a character my age, to keep my options open for the future.

I am conscious about not getting typecast, but obviously I have to keep picking up great roles so that I don't get typecast.

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast.

After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.

In this industry, very few actors can control their career.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.

I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.