Helen McCrory Quotes

'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.

I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.

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.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that.

Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.

I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures.

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it.

I find myself apologising for not being a proper actor. I never intended to be involved in the film industry and still do feel that, with the exception of a couple of brief skirmishes with the film industry.

For starters, I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo.

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written good things about it.

In my forthcoming movie 'Jerry,' I play a funny character, where there is scope for me to perform. I hope people would appreciate my performance. Hence forth I would concentrate on doing variety of roles, rather than appearing in skimpy costumes.

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

My father Arun Ahuja was an actor, and he did films as a hero.

I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor and not something I wanted to pursue.

I don't have like 30 IMDb credits. I have one.