Eric McCormack Quotes

I am getting better offers since directors feel that I am versatile and can be more than just a girl next door. I am also seriously trying not to be repetitive.

I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.

I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.

There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.

I was so honored to be on 'Entourage' for eight years but I want to show people that I can do other things.

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles if you play a certain type of character but I don't want to do that.

I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the best actor because his choice of roles are so diametrically opposite from each other, and he pulls it off almost every time so convincingly.

I've always played variety of roles and don't want to get typecast.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

To go from playing a character that was so self-assured, so mature beyond her years, and so kick-ass and ruthless to someone who's quite normal is interesting.

I have the appetite to do different roles that have different backdrops. I'd like to show that there's more to people sitting in cars for reasons other than being police officers.

I like things where I can do a physical transformation, and I love accents and voices, and I'm never going to play the same character twice.

With repertory, you had to play all these different characters. The range of roles is really what I fell in love with, every night getting to become somebody different. That was my idea of acting, getting to be part of the company and a family.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

With each of my films, I want to look/be different from the real me and want my performance to be different from the last one.

The movies that I've done in the past, everybody's been like, 'Cam always gets away in a movie playing Cam.' So, like, I'm trying to step outside the box a little bit just to show my range in acting.

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.

What I am always careful about is not to repeat the same kind of roles.

I'd really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.