Heather Graham Quotes

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.

First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.

I've played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It's helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.

I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'

It's all about good scripts and roles that count. The language barrier does not make any difference for me.

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is a very different kind of acting.

I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

Every role that I have taken on has demanded some kind of emotional range. I really, really would love to do a comedy, but that opportunity really hasn't opened up.

I liked a lot of the scenes I did with Ryan Phillippe.

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

I play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.

I don't get called very often to play innocents.

When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

I'm always looking for a good role.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.