Jennifer Garner Quotes

I never sought to play monsters in films.

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me, and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.

The idea is to choose good roles and good movies. I don't want to act simply to remain in the industry, nor am I here to do glamour roles.

I don't want anyone to think I took this role in 'Downsizing' because it was the only role available to me. I'm not a passive participant in it.

I have done films only because my roles were good in them. It has got nothing to do with being associated with any particular camp.

I've said no to shows that have been on the air for six years because they weren't what I wanted to do.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about.

I've worked with Andre Techine lately and with a young unknown director on a short film. I choose my roles carefully.

Sometimes the roles you're being offered, leads in films aren't good enough. Actually it's you're better going and doing a radio play or a decent TV.

If there's an interesting role that comes up as a great support role in a decent picture, then I'll do that.

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles.

I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not going to do it just because people are offering it to me. Not for those box-office, bullshit, money, noncreative people. But I'll do it when it's right to do it.

To be honest, many of my well-wishers want me to play the solo lead in films. Maybe, it's time to think about it. In fact, I have cut down on signing up multi-starrer films.

All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry.

I am not adding more films to my kitty just for the sake of money; I choose my script and do it.

Like Dilip Kumar, I've never run after money but only after good roles and that's why have always rebelled against those directors who wanted me to do buffoonery in the name of comedy.

I think I have pretty good taste in the projects I choose to take on. It's a blessing and a curse - I certainly could have worked a lot more if I wasn't as selective, but I just can't bring myself to spend two years of my life slaving away on some project I'm not really enthused about.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging ditches or something. Get a life. You'll learn a lot more, and you won't write a lot of rotten poetry.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

I love performing, and it allows me to be very discerning about what I choose next, thank god.

You need to be, like, turning down high-paying illustration work because you want to work on your comic. That's when you know you're doing something good.