Laura Carmichael Quotes

As an actor, I'll play anything.

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid.

I'm an actress. I'm ready to work anytime.

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous.

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.

The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.

My address is like my shoes. It travels with me wherever I go.

Acting has always been my passion and will remain so.

It matters to me, acting. It's what I do. It's what I've given up a lot to do. It's my life source. And I guess I'm too serious about it sometimes, but I want to treat it right.

I love being directed, and I feel so grateful to be able to get to work with some of the directors I've worked with.

I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot.' I think there's a wide opportunity for actors to do that now more so than ever on television.

I don't mind it so much if I get type cast as an authority figure. I get to do comedy no matter what it is, so it doesn't bother me.

Doesn't make a difference who you're auditioning for; whatever it is, you have an audience, and you have a role, and you have the opportunity to perform that role the best you can for this audience. If you look at it like that, it doesn't make a difference if you get the part or not.

Drama is what I'm really obsessed by. It's what gets me up in the morning, what I live for. But I'll always have a love for comedy because it was my first opportunity, and I associate it with my best friends, who I made during 'School of Comedy'.

The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do.

While I am open to good offers when they come by, I have found my calling in theatre.

If someone called me for a role, whatever it was, I'd do it.

I'm sure every actor works as hard as me, if not more.

Whatever the script demands, I do.

I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.

It's not easy, but I'm really enjoying what I am doing. One day I am in Chennai, the other in Mumbai, then in Coimbatore. But I love my job, and I am really passionate about my work.

I don't have a preferred medium of work, but like all actors, I do like to move from one to the other if possible.