Jack Lowden Quotes

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

After 'Melancholia' and 'On the Road,' I wanted to do a comedy. And I did so many comedies when I was younger, but if you're not consistently in those movies, people don't always think of you for them.

I have no illusions of being the big box office draw. But I would like to have some choices.

I've stayed away from sexy roles. It's never interested me.

I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.

For me, I think you make a choice what kind of actor you want to be, and then it's kind of the material you choose.

I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college.

I want to do more Tollywood projects but I don't go around asking for roles.

'Dhol' has me in the second lead. But I wish to upgrade to playing lead roles and want to be in the league of respected actresses of the industry.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

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

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.

I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.

If I had made it in cheerleading, I would have never been an actress.

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

When I first got out to Hollywood, they were pushing me for sitcoms, and I didn't really have an interest in them. I wanted to do films and slowly worked that way. And then it became, I guess, this curse of the leading man.

I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to have more options.

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.

I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being successful as an actor or being in this business is that you have the chance to pick and choose, or you have people coming to you with a much more different variety of roles.

For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.