Sasha Roiz Quotes

It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you.

I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen.

I like devilish, thorny, dirty, mean roles, muck and mire, unbelievably sad, unbelievably happy, burdened. Inner conflict - that's where drama is.

Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.

I love playing villains.

I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

It's fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd.

Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out.

It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.

Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles.

For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.

Playing the villain, bringing her to life, is the most fun because there really are no rules.

I have never been of the opinion that I will only play the lead in a serial. For me, just the role needs to be good.

I have been doing a lot of romantic movies, so such roles don't excite me much now. I would like to play an out-and-out, really cruel villain once. My character in 'Da Thadiya' had such a streak, but I want a full length villainous role. It is a different kind of excitement.

When I got 'Youth,' I also got a small role in 'Star Wars.' I didn't know what to do. I decided to choose based on the character.

I would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don't want to be reduced to love stories. I'd like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge.

I think the best roles are in dark movies. It's roles that aren't you. It's fun playing someone that's not me. If I'm playing me all the time, then it's not acting. It's just being yourself.

Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted to behave onscreen in ways that George Clooney and Matt Damon never could.

I want to play someone really dark, like a real bad guy on screen. But I am sure I won't be able to do so because my fans will not let me do it. They are aggressive. My image is such that no one will allow me to do a negative character.

'American Psycho' is violent. 'Apocalypse Now' is violent. 'Officer Downe' is a comic and not violent to me.

In normal life, we are all sweet and not vamp. So, to play a villain a lot of focus is required.

In 'Vagabond,' I'm acting like a gangster; it's very tough. I have to use my body for action scenes, and there is nothing gentlemanly about this character at all.

A lot of people know me from my character that I play on 'Superstore,' Mateo, and I'm not interested in playing straight roles. I'm all about playing queer roles.