Kane Quotes

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

I'm so excited to be joining 'After' as Tessa and to be able to bring her character to life.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

In films you do a scene, you play around with it and unless you're doing a lot of reshooting, which no one has the luxury to do, you deal with the problem for a day and then you move on. On some level, it never allows you to go very deep into what performing is about.

We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!

It has happened with me that I get a role of a cop for a film. Few directors typecast you if you do that particular role well. But, it is the actor who has to decide whether he fits in that role or not.

I was shooting for 'Maaya' when I got a call from John Abraham's office. They told me about the film and asked if I could audition. But since I was shooting, I recorded my audition and sent them the tapes. The next thing I know, I was on board.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.

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

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.

My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.'

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

I had a small part in 'Pineapple Express.'