Kristen Wiig Quotes

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

If you do a scene the right way, you can go home at the end of the day and really feel like you accomplished something.

I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.

I've been offered a couple of shows that have been very successful, but they weren't right for me. It has to be something I could be excited about for a long time.

I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!'

That's the great thing about being an actor, you know, you can just jump to different jobs.

I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.

I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots.

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

My career is weird because it's not like I'm a Liev Schreiber or a Philip Seymour Hoffman, incredibly well-respected theater actors who dabble in TV or film.

I want to have the same success in my acting career as I did in my boxing career.

I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final audition. That was my first really big one, and we just clicked instantly - I still think I got the part because of Shelley.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

The joy of my career is I've been very blessed to be able to be an actor in major films, television, theater, and also British radio. In fact, my dream as an actor when I started out was to be able to work in all the media. Thankfully, that's what I'm being given to do.

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

I'm a character actress.

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.