Rose McIver Quotes

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me.

The reason I trained so hard in school was so that I could be versatile and play any character. With all these in my bag, I'm like a chameleon. I always tell other young actors to go to school, or at least watch movies to learn as much as you can.

I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a lot of things that I don't get, like I do wish I had more of my own.

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I'm different people going through different situations.

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.

If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.

As an actor, you always have aspirations to play different roles.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

You don't do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?

Film is an avenue that I really want to explore more. I’ve learned that my personality is quite impulsive and spontaneous, so the idea that I could play a character for six months and then play something else immediately after is really appealing to me.

I always try to do something very different with each character because that's why I like to do this, because I can become someone else completely and it's fun.

The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.

It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first.

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.

I always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.

Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul.

When you're playing a character, you don't really want to have an opinion about where you're going to end up. Otherwise, you can't really stay in the moment and in your character.