Eliza Doolittle Quotes

When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

I'll have you know that as a young man, I spent an entire year as a woman in a world tour of 'As You Like It.' I played Celia.

I would not want to play a girl who masquerades as a boy for the rest of my life.

I loved doing 'Pop Factor,' though I know a lot of people were a bit uncomfortable with that, what with me playing a woman, but for me, as an experiment, taking on the wrath of that genre, it was worth it.

I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' The kids' theater company, I was the youngest one, so there wasn't a part for me, so they made me the king of the Oompa Loompas.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

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 did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

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

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across.

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else.

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

I did do Broadway for a little less than a year and realized quickly I don't have a passion for it and, more importantly, I don't have a talent in it.

I just love playing characters that are a long way away from me.

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

'Spamalot' was a blip! I've never done anything else like that, and yet it's the only time I've ever been nominated for an Olivier award!