Clare-Hope Ashitey Quotes

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

I don't go for glamour roles.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

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

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

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before.

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

At the end of the day, I want to play characters that interest me.

My agent knows what I'm looking for. And I'm also looking for a new agent, too, so I'm putting it out there. Again, I'm not going to turn down every role, because there is no bad role, really. It's all what you bring to the role, but that traditional, 'Stand here and open a rope,' I'm not doing it.

My job is to act, whether in indie or mainstream films.

As an actor, I am looking for diverse roles.

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

I am not someone who will pick just any role in order to work. I want to attempt different characters.

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 was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.