Christina Applegate Quotes

I am the kind of actor who will do just about anything.

The idea of an actor is that you should be able to play anything.

I always saw myself as a character actor.

I've always been an actor who works in every medium - I've worked in theater and film and television - I've never seen any difference between the three.

I have always believed that an actor cannot afford to have a favorite genre. He must excel in every kind of film and fit in with every director's vision.

I can be the girl next door, be the sexy girl, be an action girl. As an actor, this is something that people need to see.

I want people to see I can do a variety of roles, not just tailback.

Shah Rukh is always experimental with his role as an actor. He is the same actor who did a film like 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa,' 'Asoka,' 'Chak De! India' and 'Swades' and other so-called commercially successful films.

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

I feel like it's really important for an actor to play different roles so people can see, "Oh, he can play that guy or he can play this guy." You're not just "THAT guy," that cowboy guy, that whatever guy. Then you are limiting yourself.

People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.

There are 100,000 versions of Jeff Goldblum.

I loved the variety of acting: turning your hand to different things and bringing whoever you were to it. There is something almost amateurish about it that appealed to me.

I never felt typecast because when I was in television, I was also, simultaneously, in films. I was seen across platforms, so that's why I have not been put in a category.

I don't put myself in any box or say that I can't work on any kind of music. I'm not just a producer that only makes urban music.

I'd really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

I am an actor, I can do any role.

Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted to behave onscreen in ways that George Clooney and Matt Damon never could.

Anything, really - I'm as comfortable playing an Indian as playing a black woman or a South American.

I work pretty fluidly across all genres.

With realistic and deglamourised roles and live sound, the charisma of a star is not enough. Can you be many different people?

That's the beauty of Black Eyed Peas, we don't pigeonhole ourselves into just one category. We're the chameleons of hip-hop.