Alexandra Daddario Quotes

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

In the beginning, I got different kind of roles, and then I realised it's great to be that way. And that thought is always there before signing a film.

I don't want to limit myself as an actor alone.

No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices.

As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to do different things.

A lot of actresses like to repeat things over - and I don't once I've been there and done that. I like to see what the next thing is that comes along.

I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

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

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

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.

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.

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.

My overall quest is always to do something that's somehow different from whatever it is that I just got done doing. If that can include occasionally playing an older guy who has a romantic side and a romantic relationship, than that's a real treat.

I tend to pick projects that give me a sense of freshness. So my filmography, especially after hitting my 30s, has become a lot more diverse.

I love to experiment, to push myself, and I want people to accept me in roles that I have never attempted before.

I don't like to limit myself as an actress.

I've always wanted to explore different types of roles and prove to others that Divyanka is not all about being a timid dulhan.

I don't have to forsake my career as a musician. I know how to write songs - that's not going to leave me. But I think it's good to explore some other avenues.

I don't want to limit myself to one genre and want to broaden it, more so in my 30s and 40s.

As an actor, I want to expand myself. If there's something I read that I feel like I'm not going to learn from, I don't want to do it.

I really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different, rather than saying, "Okay, I've become known for this, and I'll just do this from now on." If I feel like I've done this one thing, I never want to do it again. I want to do something totally different.

I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

What kind of role do you play after someone like Stringer, you know what I mean? You play another gangster. What’s the point of that? I’ve played the gangster. I try to keep it really varied; it just makes for more of a fun and interesting career.

That's the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is really what I've been working for a while. I've been in the business for a minute, and it's an opportunity like this that I've been really working towards.