Ashish Sharma Quotes

'Copper' is my first period piece. It's funny because I've been doing a lot of episodes of 'Elementary' with Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu; they keep bringing me back on the show, and so I go from being an outstanding black doctor to being a kind of hood, ex-car thief who went through rehab in 'Elementary.'

I don't really get a buzz from playing characters that are similar to me 'cause that's not acting to me.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

If, at the end of the day, I can look back and see pictures of all the characters I've played, and there's a smorgasbord of weirdos and interesting, odd, different characters, I'd be so happy.

It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who.

It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.

I think the height of ridiculousness was when I was playing Elizabeth in 'The Golden Age' while preparing to start shooting 'I'm Not There.' I literally finished filming Elizabethan grandeur on Friday, flew to Montreal, and started being Bob Dylan on Monday.

I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

I think, before 'Watchmen,' I was the guy from 'Grey's Anatomy' who's a pretty good guy, a pretty charming sweet guy, and so as an actor, I really wanted to do something as far from that as I could.

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles if you play a certain type of character but I don't want to do that.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role.

For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.

There is always that potential in the same way - Roddy McDowall ended up playing Cornelius to Caesar [in the Planet of the Apes]. Two different characters. That's the joy of the craft. Bring it on I say.

I have done all kinds of roles - comedy, action, romance, and thrillers. Just name the genre, and I've done it.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

TV does not offer much for the male lead actors, but I was lucky to act in shows like 'Chandragupta Maurya,' 'Rab Se Sohna Isshq,' 'Gunahon Ka Devta,' and 'Rangrasiya.'

I've always wanted to demonstrate a variety of different roles when I act and do different projects and not ever do one of the same.

My character started off on 'Chicago P.D.' as the brother to Detective Jake Halstead, and then I also played on 'Chicago Fire.' So, I really worked on both shows before 'Chicago Med' even started.