David Thewlis Quotes

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

It's always nice to be able to play different things.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.

If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.

I've done history; I've done biopics, I've done a little bit of comedy. I just want to keep going and show people that you can't typecast me, you can't pigeonhole me.

I want to try as many different roles as I can. I want to do everything.

I want to do everything and not get stuck with just one type of roles.

I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.

If you join a growth organization, you'll likely do different things in different roles throughout your career. It's excellent to learn and build with others. You'll meet people you want to work with.

The idea is to resist being typecast. I like doing different things.

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

I would like to get jobs doing other things that aren't necessarily always with my husband. I'd like to show range - and kiss another guy.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I like to do all things. I've been fortunate enough to be able to do a bunch of them at the same time.

The post-'Merlin' era is an exciting time to look forward to. Variety is the spice of life. That's the fantastic thing about acting - all the different challenges it can provide you with. To limit yourself just to one would be foolish; therefore, I'm looking forward to different things that come my way.

My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.