Sarah Greene Quotes

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money.

I've been fortunate that I can be selective enough to do acting when it's really furthering what I want to do with my life.

I've stayed away from sexy roles. It's never interested me.

I did get offers from Hollywood, but they were all scripts with monsters in them. If I had done them, I would have disappeared. I would have come back to France anyway, and I would have had to start all over again and lost a lot of time.

Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.

There have been films I have said no to and there are roles that I wish I had done.

With 'Lady Macbeth,' I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.

There are roles out there I want to play that I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to. But I'm not going to waste time waiting for those phone calls, passing up the chance to do these sorts of things. I'm more likely to go see a smaller, darker indie film, like Felony for instance, than I am to see an Avengers or perhaps even a Terminator.

If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.

I have no illusions of being the big box office draw. But I would like to have some choices.

Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show.

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.

Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in.

I'm not so in a rush to direct just anything because I'm lucky that I can make a living so far as an actor and not have to worry about that as a director. And so I can be a little more choosy in things I direct.

I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It's a luxury to be able to choose what you do.

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

I've said no to a lot of things I'd like to have done. My agent has never seen anything like it.

I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down 'Terms of Endearment' to do 'Cannonball Run II.' Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted.

I've said no to a lot of things because they didn't make me a leading man. They put me in a category I wasn't interested in.