John Cena Quotes

I became an actor because I enjoy playing a variety of different people rather than playing one person for the rest of my career.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.

Believe it or not, I kind of went into professional wrestling so I could get an avenue into acting.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

Hire me for the next picture. I don't have to just play down-and-out trailer trash and mean, old, wicked, old nuns. I could play a princess or a queen. That's all I wanted to do. Because campaigning does go on. It's a part of selling the film.

I've always played variety of roles and don't want to get typecast.

Obviously, being WWE Champion was my main goal in life, but when I started acting, the main thing I wanted to do was play a superhero or supervillain.

There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.

I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.

I've been really fortunate in the fact that I've gotten a chance to do a real wide range of all different kinds of characters.

Great film roles, they always take you to another place. I'd love to do more of that, but I keep doing lots of voiceovers, some TV spots, and some film roles have come along, so I'm okay.

My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

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 roles that people don't recognize me in.

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles.

My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.

I'd love to do more TV, but I'd love to get into more feature films. I'd also love to go back to the stage when the time and opportunity is right. I haven't gotten to do a lot of that here in L.A., but my favorite thing to do is live theatre. I'd love to actually have a career where you can kind of move in and out of all of those mediums.