Paula Garces Quotes

For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this one because the script and the people were terrific. It never frightened me. As we were doing the pilot, I could tell that it was working.

Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't particularly great actors, but the material was so good that they scored. It's the writing.

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

My department is to get actors to do stuff.

I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.

I would never be in a film just for the sake of being in a film, so I am waiting for the right role to come along.

A film is made for actors and actresses, not for singers.

I have always accepted films based on what my role is. Of course, I do look at who is playing the lead opposite me, the producer and the director.

I always just like to do good stuff, and I'm very, very lucky that I do almost everything. I do theatre, radio, TV, film, and also comedy and drama as well.

If I get a good character, a suitable role, a good producer-director, only then will I do a film.

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.

I'm a dramatist.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.

I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do.

It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.