Kaitlyn Dever Quotes

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other.

I love the opportunity to use my full range, and so playing in the comedy 'Black-ish' gives me the opportunity to show my lighter side, and playing in this beautiful, elegant horror story of 'Hannibal,' I get to use my darker and more cerebral side. It's really wonderful.

I enjoy doing all kinds of roles, but I don't want to be restricted to comedy alone.

I enjoy doing both comedy and drama, as long as I'm not doing something continuously.

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.

The aim is to move from doing just action dramas to establishing myself as someone who can do family dramas as well.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.

There is a general notion that playing a bubbly girl is undemanding and less challenging. But that's not the case. You need oodles of energy to bring out the spirit of a lively character. Besides, no two bubbly girls are the same. Every character I have played is different from the other. I love being chosen for such lively roles.

That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama.

I've had a wonderful time in 'Foyle's War' and I don't mind being typecast. But I'm not prim. I'm chaotic, happy, and desperate to have some laughs. I'd love to do a comedy next, or something modern.

I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different.

I don't mind doing glamorous roles, comic roles, weekly shows, or something different from what I've done earlier.

I want everyone to understand that as an actor you need to be able to play different roles, be versatile even in terms of your personality.

I'm fortunate enough to pull off glamorous as well as strong, character-driven roles.

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.

Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.

The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy it. I consider myself a character actor, though some think of me as a leading man. As an actor, I love shifting gears from character to character, and the more range I can expand, the better.