Valerie Azlynn Quotes

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.'

I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

When I began my journey in films, I never thought I'd be playing the lead in my films and was keen to move ahead with roles that give me scope to act.

After my 12th standard, I started preparing for the film industry. I've had no formal acting training.

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.

I'd like to act in Punjabi films and do some great roles instead of just dance sequences.

When I first started acting, I knew that you have to learn different skills for different roles.

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

I didn't study acting.

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

I never went to drama school.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but surely I got roles.

Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.