Matt Dillon Quotes

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

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.

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

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.

I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

I got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people.

I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that.

As a writer, I think I'm mainly interested in contemporary themes, so when I create my own stuff, it's inherently that. But as an actor, I would like to do lots of different things. I would love to play someone completely different from myself in a costume drama.

I think part of what I love about being an actor is getting to take on different worlds and investigate different genres and travel to different lands.

I get to act out two roles on 'The Legend of the Blue Sea,' including one as a con man, and so I'll be able to show many diverse sides to me.

I want to get to experience all kinds of roles.

I can't imagine not playing Wynonna, because I get to play so many different things. In any given episode, I get drama and comedy and horror and all the notes of life, and very few shows or movies give you that opportunity.

It would be interesting to get into two different get ups and play diverse characters.

It only seems jarring when you look back on the work I've done. I think if you had to map that out at the beginning and you said, "Right, sit down, this is what you're going to be doing," you'd probably freak out. But I'm someone who really enjoys not being himself. So if you consider that, then it all sort of makes sense. And I just think that's the job of an actor. I guess that's the variation that you're talking about. It's probably a byproduct of just constantly looking for something different, because that's what I feel like I'm supposed to do.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

I always felt that, as an actor, I should play a variety of roles rather than just sticking to one kind & getting typecast.

I'm just going to continue to think about what kind of films I want to do and what's out there for me to audition for, and I love trying.

If I was someone who wanted to do just love-interest roles then I'd be in a difficult position. But thankfully I'm someone who likes to do things that are edgy and different.

I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing.

I love playing intense characters.

I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals.