Sofia Boutella Quotes

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

I do not take up films where I have nothing to do.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.

I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.

I did a movie called 'The Hole' with this kid Nathan Gamble, so when I'm old and wrinkly, he could play me. He's awesome.

Of course, if you're gonna make movies, you gotta make movies, and I'm not gonna say no to a good role.

I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into when you sign onto a project, and more times than not, the characters that are close to the leading man are more interesting and more fun to play.

There are a lot of people out there who offer roles to actors because they'll elevate their movie to a place the movie would never reach.

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

I think all the roles were something that sort of hit me, and I guess I was very lucky to get those roles.

I love having made a movie.

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing.

I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts.

I have always chosen to portray roles which inspired me and mostly that I enjoy it in the first place.