Frank Oz Quotes

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

I feel like if I consider myself comfortable in something, then that's not exactly where I want to be. And in 'Jane the Virgin' specifically, I feel like I don't have to choose... We get to do drama and comedy sometimes within the same thirty seconds.

My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.

The only thing that drives me is those different sort of roles which allow me to experiment.

My aim is to do all genres, both entertainment and art.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I'd quite like to try all sorts of different things, whether it be theatre, TV or film.

I like to make people laugh. That's for sure. And I really like to humiliate myself and go very far in derision and stuff. But no, I like everything. I started a little bit of doing drama, too. I like that, too. I guess I just want to touch everything.

I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it's fun, and that's how I grow as an actor.

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always want to try something or be in a new genre because, one, it's much more fun to do that because you're not doing the same thing over and over.

I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most and I've had the most success with. But I'm open to all jobs and all genres.

You don't want to play the same roles or do the same genre.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I make sure I don't repeat my genre, don't repeat a role for sure.

I would love to do different kind of roles and genres.

I have quite a lot of character types that I want to play, so taking on various genres and roles is what I intend to do, if I can.

I love to play varied roles. That's the most exciting thing for me.

I never want to stick to one genre of movies and was opened to do everything.

I'm open to different kinds of roles, characters and genres.

I want to do films in as many genres - action, fantasy, period, classic love stories - as I can. I don't want to pigeon-hole myself.

I always have a feeling you should move the playing field and the minute you know what you're doing, you're wrong. Therefore, I wanted us not to try to follow Spamalot immediately, but to do something different. This is perfect because it uses all the same skills, like story telling and lyric writing and music writing, but it's presenting it in a different form. And of course it gives me and John a nice chance to perform and show off which is also fun.

There are so many things that I would love to do. I'd love to do a drama. I just enjoy doing very different things.