Wyatt Cenac Quotes

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.

I'm a bookworm. I know with my physical appearance that I don't look like the typical reader. I'm in Barnes & Noble all the time, and you can look at people that look like they are supposed to be in there. I am in there, pants sagging, hat backwards.

The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit.

I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of. Here was a movie in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, who always win in every movie they ever do, simply don't win. I felt that was outrageous for a commercial movie.

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Charlie's not your conventional mathematician... we sexed him up a little bit.

All the things that people like me supposedly don't do, I do.

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.

I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor.

I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting.

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.

I've always wanted to play a normal woman, and I think I have been offered these parts where I play a kook because I'm not the idea of what a normal woman is.

It's so funny that Hollywood has become so entrenched in its formulas. Because what I've experienced is that the good stuff comes from places you don't expect.

People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

My career has been far from cliched. I have always done unconventional roles and I am proud of all of them.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

I am an outsider. I was never offered the kind of roles where I could play the glamorous diva, because there are already so many of them doing it - and doing it well. So I had to bring to the table much more than just looking good.

I never really thought I was a method actor or anything like that.

We never thought of ourselves as a girl band. We dressed like blokes.

I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.