I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science in a way.
Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.
I have done comedy and romance. So I thought why not try negative roles too.
As an actor, if I just did sci-fi, I think it would get limiting, like if you just play lawyers or doctors, over and over. It's a lot more fun, if you get to play lots of different types of characters.
People like to see certain actors do certain things, and people like to see me play that role. I also have no interest in playing a normal girl in a romantic comedy in some cutesy thing.
When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.'
I'm usually the bad guy, you know, but I do a lot of different genres of acting.
I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think.
But it still feels like it's a reach for me. I am more comfortable doing a drama. I feel like I know what I'm doing a bit better there. But it's good to be scared.
As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
For horror movies, it's great because I know exactly what I am doing and what should be done. But for a cop drama, I can't calm my face down, and so it's really nice to be able to be in this genre where nothing is too much, and no one yells at me for having big eyes.
I disliked people calling me a chocolate hero initially, as I wanted to explore other genres of acting.
I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.
I'm aware of being pigeonholed in those period drama roles. But, I do love them at the same time.
I'm labeled a comedic actor, which is awesome. But I love getting the occasional dramatic role, too. Some of your best dramatic actors are ultimately comedians.
Because I've done so many hour dramas, people tend to think of you as more of a dramatic actor and don't see you as doing comedy.
I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.
I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors.
From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans.
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.
As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing.
