Kate Winslet Quotes

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

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

It's one of the main things that I love about my job. You are never playing yourself, so I really love that I get to be someone else, play a different character and take on that persona, but I also have to take on their qualifications.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

Acting's all about stepping out of the box, so I don't want to go to work every day and play Cassie Scerbo at all.

You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.

Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.'

The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting.

It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.

It's nice to play a three-dimensional person every once in a while for a change of pace.

I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did.

As an actor, I have tried to do new things, and that's why I have done few films.

I'm an actor in that I just want to create roles and characters and play parts that people remember and like or dislike or hate.

I think every actor can agree that when you've been playing a certain character for awhile - no matter what that role is - it's always attractive to try something that's different.

I played the ingenue, of course, when I was young - but even with those, I tried to make interesting choices and mess them up a little bit - make them layered and complicated and not all stereotypes.

Every actor wants that - to have a great character and then continue to add more into the depth of his life.

'Gaana Bajana' gave me an opportunity to experiment with my looks. I played a tomboy in that film, a role that I hadn't essayed before. I have no regrets for having done the film.

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

When I worked as an assistant director in 2007, Indraganti Mohan Krishna offered me a lead role. Now, the same director has made me a villain in 'Gentleman.'

I have played mother many times in south films. And I really have no problem with it.

Being on television is a little constraining. You spend six to eight months filming, and you get stuck in that gear. I feel like doing movies is a lot more my style.

I play the leading lady in Arjun Rampal's latest production, 'Daddy'. It's a very bold, performance-oriented role, and the team had originally cast someone else. However, when Arjun saw my performance in 'Kaaka Muttai,' he roped me in.

I don't see myself as an actor. I see myself as a storyteller.

I have always played the cheerful girl next door, especially on the Internet, and this film is a break from that. My character is more moody and bratty in 'Karwaan.'

Even though the 'Shooter' character on TV is so close to the real-life me, I'm still playing with ways to creatively portray that character.