Kellan Lutz Quotes

The biggest mistakes I made in my career were when I said, 'If I do this movie, I'll be able to do a couple more movies.' Those are the times I really got ugly.

I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

I didn't have a bad experience on 'Gossip Girl,' by any means, but it was during a time in my life where I was looking at acting in not a very serious way. Which is no insult to 'Gossip Girl,' but that was a time in my life when I really didn't know if I wanted to act when I got out of school. It was like, 'OK, I got this part. I'll go do this.'

I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.

For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.

Moving forward, I don't really know what I want to do. There is an opportunity within the media for me, but I would like to give back to football in some way if I'm able to help.

I'm willing to role the dice with my career to be different.

Before 'Holby,' I'd always avoided long-term roles.

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.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran.

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.

I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.