Ann-Margret Quotes

If you look at my body of work, my characters drastically vary, and so I typically don't play the same role. It makes me feel reborn with each role.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

If I ideally can, I'd do a comedy, and then I would do something where I'm a mental patient, and then I'd go back and do a comedy so I can continue to express myself in different ways.

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

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.

I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out of her mind.

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 look at actors like Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro, and they play all these different characters. I'm hoping that, in my lifetime, I'll be able to look back and say, 'You know what? I did all these different characters, and I enjoyed every single film I did.'

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

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.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then playing someone sweet for the next two. Films give you this opportunity.

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.

I'm quite simple, really. I like to play and inhabit my character. I really like to inhabit the situation. It's the situation that intrigues me.