Kristen Stewart Quotes

I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.

My character on 'The Good Wife' is a smaller character, and his story arcs are typically season-long, unless it's a big episode for him. His transitions take place over many, many hours.

I'd never really been in a series, where you see a man at different points and perspectives in his life. Usually it's a film, where I'm playing a character who just comes in and offers something up.

One never wants to do anything that's going to break that 'sculpture of the character' that's been done so far, or make anything that's been done so far become illogical in any way, so you always want to try to connect when you're doing a series of films that has a continuous character.

I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall.

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

I love series television because it's so much fun to have that much opportunity to paint the character.

I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.

'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles.

I think on 'Third Watch' that I was the comic relief on a lot of that. I mean, I definitely had dark moments, but people tended to think he was funny even if the character himself wasn't having a fun time.

I look for roles where there is some kind of an arc to the story.

I remember always feeling lucky with Zoey on 'Nurse Jackie' that... she was new at the very beginning. So that gave her everywhere to go.

What's fun about doing a series is you get to take some time to create the character.

I love just being an actor. I love writing, but I'm not a writer. I have no aspirations to direct.

It wasn't until 'Double Take' that I was in a movie as the leading man, in a character that was more straight and less broad than the other character, and where the story is really about him.

The great thing about being on a series for nine years is you get to see the characters grow and change.

Both 'Saraswatichandra' and 'Mahakumbh' are extremely close to my heart. The shows are polar opposites and so are the characters but I have loved being a part of both of them.

Six years is a long time to play the same characters on the same show.

I feel like a lot of characters on TV don't have the time to tell that many aspects of a character's story and personality.

Every time I do a film, I have to make sure that when someone looks at me, they can't recognise Disha. It has to be a character. I want to do strong roles.

I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

Be it in Malayalam or Tamil, I got to play characters who had plenty to do in the storyline and not just be a prop.