Ann Reinking Quotes

I like doing roles that stretch me.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

I love trying to play the not-confident guy, the guy against my normal character, because that's when real acting comes into play.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

I don't like to reduce a role to fit me. The challenge to me is to expand to it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But that's the challenge of it.

I'm happy to try on as many characters as I can.

I want audiences to see me in different avatars.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.

I think Johnny Depp could play just about any role - I'd love to see what he would do with the Red Queen!

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

On 'Old School,' I was not an actor, I was Snoop Dogg, so I came to the set with a whole different vibe, and a different crew of people. And on 'Starsky and Hutch,' I was more of an actor. I wasn't Snoop Dogg, the rapper.

I feel like if I consider myself comfortable in something, then that's not exactly where I want to be. And in 'Jane the Virgin' specifically, I feel like I don't have to choose... We get to do drama and comedy sometimes within the same thirty seconds.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I've never had a role where I wasn't intimidated by it.

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.