Luke Wilson Quotes

I have done some serious roles earlier and there have been some brilliant comedy roles in my career as well.

If I ideally can, I'd do a comedy, and then I would do something where I'm a mental patient, and then I'd go back and do a comedy so I can continue to express myself in different ways.

Every role that I have taken on has demanded some kind of emotional range. I really, really would love to do a comedy, but that opportunity really hasn't opened up.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career.

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.

I've played a lot of bad guys over the years, a lot of hardcore guys. At the same time, I've done a lot of comedy.

I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.

I absolutely love doing comedy, however, of course as an actor, I would love the opportunity to do more dramatic roles.

I love doing humorous roles and I write my characters that way. But I haven't received many offers from others to do comedy.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles I've done, that have been so close to my heart.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

If you look at my body of work, my characters drastically vary, and so I typically don't play the same role. It makes me feel reborn with each role.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I look at actors like Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro, and they play all these different characters. I'm hoping that, in my lifetime, I'll be able to look back and say, 'You know what? I did all these different characters, and I enjoyed every single film I did.'

I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often.

I've had varying luck with comedy in the past, but I'd really like to give that another go. I don't know if I'd chase down a part, but if the right thing came along I could certainly see myself stepping into that zone.

I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.