Morena Baccarin Quotes

I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply. I've always been used to a certain amount of struggle, and that prepared me wonderfully for a mature age.

That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.

Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the Madonna of photography.

You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.

I've just gotten to do a lot of very different things, and as an actor, that's what you want.

I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of different movies, to be a chameleon. I don't want to limit myself.

I've proved to myself I can get along in different kinds of parts and different kinds of productions.

Essentially, I am an actor for hire. I am not a rarified creature. I do all these different things, and they all interest me.

I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I've been able to reinvent myself and to keep an audience going at whatever age. This is terrific. I mean, how many actors get that chance?

I do not want to do the regular heroine roles anymore. I am looking at working with good directors on interesting projects.

I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.

I never had a boundary as an actor and I am open to interesting scripts.

I've played in a lot of different roles through the course of my career and I've been a starter for a lot of those years and the mentality can never change.

I will try to bring variety in my roles.

I think that's one of the reasons why I've been able to have a great career for 20 years - because I'm able to adapt.

I like to be in different roles.

Some players have to change their game in their careers. I did, and I like it.

I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.

I want versatility, like J-Lo or Beyonce.

As an actor, overexposure can affect you negatively if you keep repeating yourself. But thankfully, my films are really different from each other.

You need to be very adaptable to have a long career. If you're not taught by somebody who knows different styles you'll be left by the wayside very quickly.

I've always been a player that could do a lot of different things.

I take each thing as it comes and try and give it 110 per cent - it's just a blessing to be able to do different things.