Lara Pulver Quotes

You have to ask yourself if you want to be the kind of actress who's interesting, or the kind of actress who's meant to play the pretty-but-uninteresting wife of a chubby guy on a network sitcom.

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it.

I've never been typed. John Wayne played 'that guy' all the time - mostly because that's all he could do. Gable played Gable parts, and Bob Taylor played Bob Taylor parts, whether he was in armor or a full-dress suit. I resisted that.

After I did 'Brooklyn,' I did about five or six violent films in one way or another, and not always with me being the bad guy, but something violent about it to keep the street cred up, really.

People have been afraid of me because of the parts I played. Nobody remembers that I was the dad in 'Free Willy.'

I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.

There were offers to do 'Tum Bin 2' and 'Tum Bin 3' but then it would have been the same kind of franchise films which I think limit an actor.

I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

Everybody wants me to do action kind of films. It is OK.

I really don't think I will do the dancing type of movies with 'jhatka-matkas' any more. Every actor goes through a phase, and so did I.

In films, maybe I was lost or typecast.

I was offered 10 Sultan Qureshi-type roles after 'Gangs of Wasseypur.' But I did not want to repeat that, as I have little fear of being rejected by the people.

I've been offered starring roles in horrible movies, but I just didn't want to do it. I don't see why you would.

I never sought to play monsters in films.

I've said no to a lot of things because they didn't make me a leading man. They put me in a category I wasn't interested in.

Hire me for the next picture. I don't have to just play down-and-out trailer trash and mean, old, wicked, old nuns. I could play a princess or a queen. That's all I wanted to do. Because campaigning does go on. It's a part of selling the film.

It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it?

Part of progressing in acting is turning down work, and that's hard; it's very, very hard to do. And I think you have to do that so as not to undermine your own sense of value.

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.

The idea is to choose good roles and good movies. I don't want to act simply to remain in the industry, nor am I here to do glamour roles.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

I have been getting some offers of films. But more than films, I have been getting offers for serials which I have obviously declined.

My agent and I are very clear on what kind of roles I'm interested in, and I don't want to perpetuate any stereotypes.