Rosamund Pike Quotes

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.

Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.

I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.

My roles have given me a lot of satisfaction. I became many individuals who were so different from me and whose experiences were so different from mine. I could experience all their emotions, their pains, their worries, their happiness.

My standup is years and years of me working things out on the road. I'm really proud of it! A lot of it is about, well... I don't know why I feel this way, but I feel like every special or show I do is some variation on how I feel like I'm not a girl, not yet a woman.

It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces.

As Laurel Van Ness it's so much fun, and with that comes a creative outlet. You can be who you wanna be and be that particular character. I'm so thankful that Impact allows me to do that.

Acting always affects every part of your life because it's such a solitary, lonely, and thrilling circumstance that you're taking on someone else's character and that responsibility. It's exhausting.

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them.

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.