Michael Cudlitz Quotes

In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know? We were all actors - not like in New York or Los Angeles, where everyone says they are actors but they are actually waiting tables and hustling for spots in commercials.

As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing.

All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and started looking at what was available - I obviously couldn't play Gloria; I couldn't play Claire. When I saw the character of Cam, I was like, 'I have to have a shot at this,' because I thought it was a character that would be really fun to play.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

I want to break into the acting industry. It's something I have a great deal of respect for; it's a passion of mine. It's so amazing, the differences between acting and being an athlete, but the one commonality is they both evoke emotion in the viewer. And those emotions are real. So I think that's pretty cool.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

In the beginning, I would find a character I understood. That was my focus. Not now - but you basically get offered the exact same thing you just did. Which I find hilarious. I did 'The Vow,' and then I had every love story you can imagine thrown at me. And now I'm getting offers for comedies.

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.

I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done.

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

I'd like roles with more depth.

Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up!

When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an acting coach.

I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.

Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.

I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky about roles I do like to go out for.

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since 'One Eight Seven.'

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.

I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.