Ari Graynor Quotes

When you go into projects, you can't look at it as limited; you have to dive into it wholeheartedly to be true to the writer's vision.

The films you do are not just for the audience. As an actor, you are putting your heart and soul into them.

I'm too passionate about my work...Acting takes not only concentration, it takes creativity; it takes... your soul.

For me, I have to love it and feel something for it because you're going to be stuck with it for two years, and if you don't love it it's going to look like that on screen.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling.

When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very large scale. Working with people that genuinely want to make good art or good work or a good film, that's what keeps me going.

It's very hard when you're doing a new play that you believe in, and you want to tell the story in the best way possible.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

My number one passion is acting, but I also think there's something so special in being able to support a script and an idea and take it all the way through to fruition. I think that process is so rewarding.

'The Waterdance' was made for all the right reasons. Everybody that was involved in the film gave it their all.

I really believe in the characters I play.

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life.

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

I give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else.

All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.

You can't really go into TV thinking, 'Maybe I can make a few bucks doing this thing I'm only kind of interested in to support my one true love, which is prose fiction.' I think you have to love what you're doing to do it well.

I get very involved in my roles. I want people to think it's all really happening. If I'm in it, I'm in it.

I still care about human behavior and the art that it takes to write a good piece and to get a cast together who cares enough to put 150 percent of their talent into a project.

I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.

I haven't made a career off my looks, thank God, but hopefully how I've moved people emotionally, the directors I've been able to work with, and the stories I've been a part of.

I feel really grateful to be a part of a cast that is dedicated week in and week out to doing good work, and you don't always come across that, but everybody on the call sheet is committed to doing good work, and a big part of that is having these firefighters on set and using our resources.