Ari Graynor Quotes

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.

I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a wonderful talent: Paul Giamatti. I would love to do a whole movie with Paul Giamatti.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

'Majaz' is going to be an important film in my career and I will be seen in a different role in this film.

I do films in which I have an important character.

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the idea of me being an actor.

It was fun in its own way, but I think 'Dahmer' was ultimately one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and my career.

Should I be offered the right kind of script, I will be doing a straight Telugu film.

I was never serious about Bollywood films, but when I was offered a film like 'Shanghai,' I took it because it is a good film.

I got my first film, 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl,' easily.

I was overjoyed when I was offered the title role in 'Well Done Abba.' I was ready for the role even before I heard the story because you don't ask questions when it is Shyam Benegal's film. It is the chance of a lifetime.

I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.

Cinema and, most of all, films have changed my life much more than theatre or television. And that is the reason why I'm an actress.

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

'Swimming Pool' was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me.

I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn't really got involved. It was just somehow - and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater.

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyone but myself. Then in 1979, I made a film with Mike Leigh called 'Grownups,' which went out on the BBC, and overnight this new career opened up.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've always been a character actor and done a lot of support work. I've never really been the lead actor, so I'll try and use what I've learned along the way from the other projects.

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.