Frankie Grande Quotes

I actually love actresses who look like they feel really natural. I like Patricia Clarkson, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand. Those are actresses where the second they show up on screen you're like, oh my gosh, this movie just got so much better.

I love playing characters that are unrecognizable.

I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.

I'm fortunate enough to pull off glamorous as well as strong, character-driven roles.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

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.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me.

The actors I admire are character actors.

I just adore Kate Winslet. I love her because you're never aware of all the stuff that's going into her characterization and, yet, she completely transforms.

I consider myself a character actor.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thought that was beautiful. She just had the essence of her. To truly become someone, invoking emotions like happiness and sadness and everything in between, that's what I want to be able to do.

Kelsey Grammer is one of the best actors I've ever worked with.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.

I had a lot of respect for Jeremy Renner as an actor before I worked with him, because I was very impressed with what he did in 'The Hurt Locker.'

You can play yourself and make a very good career out of it. Do the same type of role, the daring, good-looking, dashing kind of guy. I mean, there's a role for that guy in television, films, whatever. But people who are able to shape-shift and go from drama to comedy to whatever, there's an art to it. Especially in Hollywood.

DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.