Angela Bettis Quotes

It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.

I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's something I haven't done before.

I like a lot of different things equally, with no boundaries, and in a very serious way.

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.

No, there isn't a particular type of genre that I'm drawn to. I'm more drawn to the possibility of creating different characters, or being able to go from one genre to the other and to show that I could do it, that I could be good at it.

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

Essentially, I never know what I'm going to do until I read the script, but a good story is a good story. I would like to do more modern stuff, but ultimately, it doesn't matter to me - good stories are timeless.

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.

Digital-Original publishing embraces the non-conventional and genre-busting story. It allows me to share good stories with readers who will enjoy them, and at a reasonable price.

My interests and obsessions have always been so wide-ranging that I keep popping my head out of different boxes as much as possible.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.

New York is fantastic, and I've done several films in Los Angeles which I really enjoyed, but I don't think that America is the be-all and end-all. I'll follow the good work wherever it may be.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

I don't care what I do - act, stand-up, write, direct - it doesn't matter as long as I'm being creative and it's good work.

To be completely honest, I just like whatever tells a good story. Put me in whatever setting, scenario, genre. If you're telling a good story, it's great and it's fun to get caught up in.

I don't have a favorite drink. I don't do favorites of anything, practically.

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.

I'll take any story if it's good.

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.

If you look at what I do, there's no consistency. The consistency is that there is no consistency. I do projects that are good and not so good.

Whether you're doing Shakespeare or Disney, good work is good work.