Alex Wolff Quotes

Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

Playing Sgt, Trotter in 'The Mousetrap' is the same as playing Scripps in 'The History Boys,' in the sense that they're dream roles that I've always wanted to do. The fact they're letting me do this professionally and I'm getting paid for it, I find astonishing.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.

The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it.

I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that character was such a gift.

My collaboration with Sally Potter on a small movie, 'Yes,' was very special to me. It helped my growth as an actor.

When I started acting, I did many films without even an idea of what the script was about. The film would start, and then we would discover what we were expected to do on the sets. Those days have changed.

What I can say, categorically, is that working with Sarah Paulson and Kathy Bates will have been the most formative experience for me, as an actor, for the rest of my life.

I've been doing theater for a long time, so that's something I understand. I'm such a babe in the woods when it comes to TV and film. I'm still learning. It's exciting.

On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

Cinema and, most of all, films have changed my life much more than theatre or television. And that is the reason why I'm an actress.

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.