Jacki Weaver Quotes

I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts. I've tended to play eccentrics. I've played a lot of villains, of course.

There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same part; they're just a bit funny-looking.

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

If someone plays a brooding actor in a film, people think they're brooding all the time.

A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks.

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.

It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

Everyone thinks I am exactly like the characters I play.

I want to just be able to act and be like the girl next door or the cute babysitter or the busy mom who's fun or who knows, maybe something super dramatic, somebody who's really insecure and angry.

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.

Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'You're just a pretty face,' but on 'Battlestar,' I'm not looking pretty every day. I'm pretty banged up.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm believable as these aristocratic mean girls. But I do love playing them.

There is a general notion that playing a bubbly girl is undemanding and less challenging. But that's not the case. You need oodles of energy to bring out the spirit of a lively character. Besides, no two bubbly girls are the same. Every character I have played is different from the other. I love being chosen for such lively roles.

I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.

I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.