Gabriella Wilde Quotes

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!

I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I hope to be known as a chameleon actress, as someone who can play any part out there, and someone who can transform herself into any kind of character there is.

I want everyone to understand that as an actor you need to be able to play different roles, be versatile even in terms of your personality.

To me, if you can do the Wicked Witch live, you can play anybody.

I want to do drama - no one really sees that. People just think I'm the funny guy and I can't do anything else, and that's just not true.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

Acting is what I love. I love being the chameleon, and you can't do that if you have just one physical type.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of different movies, to be a chameleon. I don't want to limit myself.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

My ambition is to become one of those actresses that is like a chameleon that you don't recognize.

I want to be a well-rounded, versatile performer.

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

My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn diagram.

If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.

I'm happy to try on as many characters as I can.