Y'lan Noel Quotes

I'm always looking for a chance to play somebody who's completely opposite of me, just because I find it more interesting.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

I admire actors that consistently challenge themselves and play a wide range of different roles. Every actor has a reason for being an actor... it's boring to play the same person over and over again. People like Daniel Day Lewis, who completely transform time and time again, I look up to.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

My priority as an actor is just to be doing different kinds of roles. I say no to anything I have done before.

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

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

When you read a script, you don't want to be the same guy all the time, you want to change, you're a different person. That's why acting is a wonderful career. You're not the same guy all the time.

The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

My ambition is to become one of those actresses that is like a chameleon that you don't recognize.