Asa Butterfield Quotes

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What's incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he's working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time... it's meat loaf again... you'd get bored. I'd get bored.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

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.

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.

I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different.

I definitely want to explore all different types of characters.

I am really happy that even though I am stuck in the comedy genre I have not been typecast. I am still getting to experiment a lot with my characters, which is a boon.

The only thing that drives me is those different sort of roles which allow me to experiment.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

No, there isn't a particular type of genre that I'm drawn to. I'm more drawn to the possibility of creating different characters, or being able to go from one genre to the other and to show that I could do it, that I could be good at it.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

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.

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play!

I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're going to work at that thing. In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes.

Every time you go on a set, it's a whole different world, and I love that.

I want to play many different characters.

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you don't.

I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.

I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I want to have fun and just keep working. That's all I really care about.