Aisha Tyler Quotes

I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.

I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky about roles I do like to go out for.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.

At the end of the day, I want to play characters that interest me.

I want to do challenging roles which will create an interest among the audience.

I am very happy that I am getting to play such layered and demanding characters. I feel blessed that directors are trusting me with such roles.

I don't think there are roles that would attract me to do a long run in the theatre.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

If you see my filmography, I have mostly done non-glamorous roles.

If you look at my career graph, I have always chosen roles that are performance-oriented.

I want to do something that is meaningful. After working for all these years, I want to do better as an actor now and choose roles that are challenging and satisfying.

It has happened with me that I get a role of a cop for a film. Few directors typecast you if you do that particular role well. But, it is the actor who has to decide whether he fits in that role or not.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever.

I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me; I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.