Alex Breckenridge Quotes

I want to do more roles that require a large level of preparation and that are completely different from who I am.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

I try to keep things as varied as possible in my career, and after playing something as fun and over the top as Maryann on 'True Blood,' I wanted to find something antithetical to that.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject roles based on how often I've done them.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity.

I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.

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.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

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

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy it. I consider myself a character actor, though some think of me as a leading man. As an actor, I love shifting gears from character to character, and the more range I can expand, the better.

I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time.

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

As actors, we want to choose somebody who has conflicts. I can't be always playing the girl next door. What's the challenge in that?

The chance to play a character with a split personality is an actor's dream.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.