Claudia Kim Quotes

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

I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

I have an affinity for good roles in good films. I like a variety of parts, and if some of the good stuff happens to be in fantasy and horror, I do them.

I feel so fortunate to have been able to work so much, particularly in the horror-thriller genre, but I would love to be able to do something perhaps a little more dramatic or even a romantic comedy.

I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

When I joined the film industry I looked forward to different roles, unfortunately that did not materialise.

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.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

I just wanted to be an actor. I was hoping for opportunities to unveil, and I wanted to make the most of whatever came my way.

I am a hungry actor, and I want to do good films.

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

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they're cool with me adding stuff, or just improvising while we're doing it. And I would say, like, 90 percent of the time, they say, 'Absolutely.'

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

I've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.

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

I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.