Courtney Ford Quotes

I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in. For me, television is where it's at. You get to play a character for a long period of time, and you get to dig deep. It's a home to go to.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

I hope to land roles where my presence is carried on throughout the film. I'm looking forward to taking on a role with a complicated backstory and yet someone who refuses to lose sight of hope. I know that it will happen someday.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

I love to act because I love trying on other people's skin.

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

I'm interested in a lot. Like right now, I'm just really excited for 'Catching Fire' and 'Mockingjay' Part 1 and 2. But I love playing characters like Prim - I mean, Prim is like my dream character - but after 'The Hunger Games', it would be fun to look and see what else I could do well. But right now, Prim is like my dream role.

My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.

I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.

My roles have given me a lot of satisfaction. I became many individuals who were so different from me and whose experiences were so different from mine. I could experience all their emotions, their pains, their worries, their happiness.

I play characters that allow me to do lot more than just be a glamorous heroine.

As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don't really care where it's seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven't done before.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

I love acting, and ultimately all my characters are very different, and each character I love in a different way.

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome and really fun.

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

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.