Kathryn Newton Quotes

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

As an actor, I love a challenge.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

I love to prepare for my roles.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life more interesting.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

I've spent a part of my life focused on acting, so if there was an opportunity that I'm right for and I feel confident, I would definitely go for it.

When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

I've tried to take roles with great demands.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

'Girls' was my first audition. I'd just taken an audition class, and I was excited to implement those tools.

I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way.