Prunella Scales Quotes

What's interesting about playing Maura is that I get to use more of Jeffrey that I've ever used in any role, and I think that's the remarkable part about it and truly the most surprising part about doing this role.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.

I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad.

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.

After 'Entourage,' it completely opened up my casting within the industry. People saw me for a lot of roles that I hadn't been seen for before. Older roles. I went out this pilot season for a lot of lawyers and doctors. And cops - which I haven't quite mastered yet; I find that quite difficult.

I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.

I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most interesting and most complicated role in a film.

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge.

I love it when I get to play characters that are much younger than I am in real life. I feel it's an advantage.

I have not only played light-hearted roles, but many times, I end up playing this annoying girl in films.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

I've spent a lot of my career playing heroes, like Jared in 'The Pretender,' but playing part of a dysfunctional family is more interesting.

I've played heavy characters in my first two films.

That was the hardest thing for me. When it was published that I was going to play Tommen, all the fans of the books were like, 'Oh, he's turning 16' - that was the hardest thing: to play younger and show that.

I loved playing Walternate because he was completely the same character, version 1985, and then it developed in such a different way, physically and mentally. So, to be able to play that, in the same television series, as playing the other ones was a fantastic gift for me.

I was never reluctant to play this character; the only thing I was scared of was that Bua might be only subjected to insults on-screen which people might start taking it in bad taste. But it turned out totally opposite.

I've always wanted to do a double role.

As an actor, it's very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.

I love playing different and challenging characters on screen, and Newton is one such role. But I'm someone who doesn't think so much about what will happen next.

Kai was my longest arc that I had done on a show, so it was a big step forward to me.

It is very easy to play a sweet girl-next-door but difficult to portray a grey character.