Bria Vinaite Quotes

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

I want to take up anything that excites me. It can be a drama, action or a comedy.

I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom to do sort of 'meaty' roles but also have the freedom to do the sort of films I want to make, like what Woody Allen does. You forget he's funny because you're so gripped by the story, but they still make you laugh.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

I'm just trying to give the best human expression that I can to any particular genre, which could be comedy, could be drama, could be horror, could be thriller.

Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.

Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.