Ronan Keating Quotes

I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play!

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks.

I'm looking forward to, as an actor, having to do some stuff that's out of my comfort zone. It makes for interesting work and when you're uncomfortable doing something; then it's going to be interesting when they film it.

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject roles based on how often I've done them.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

As soon as I started acting in England, I got unusual roles. Although I'm 6 foot six, and agents might standardly cast me in tough guy roles or the big guy in the back, I've been very blessed to do roles that makes them think twice about how they're gonna cast me.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

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

As an actor, it's up to you to show that you can do something else. For me, the interesting actors don't always go where you expect to find them.

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.

The truth is, good actors are always looking to do something different. They are dying to play slightly odder characters or work on movies that aren't straight down the middle.

The more layered, more complicated the role... The more I enjoy it.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

I always felt that, as an actor, I should play a variety of roles rather than just sticking to one kind & getting typecast.

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