For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I'm a huge fan of.
I like a lot of Tom Cruise's roles, he's this action hero.
When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, with explosions going on all around.
Only heroes get stereotyped. As they do the same kind of roles again and again.
People always ask me, 'Why so many historical dramas?' Because those are the best roles I get to play, and I get to play heroes in those roles.
The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays the role of a father. There's action genre, where you have to show body and do stunts, so you may call that a hero.
It took me 10 years to prove myself but now my day has come. People take me seriously, write roles for me and consider me for 'hero' roles, which I deserve.
I am open for all sorts of roles, be it hero or the antihero.
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
As an actor, I've been all over the map, but since I've moved to Hollywood, people tend to cast me in these more imposing characters, which is actually really fun for me. I've always been way more attracted to playing that than the hero.
I play antihero; I play hero... I'm not image-struck.
I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore, I later turned comedian.
I've spent a lot of my career playing heroes, like Jared in 'The Pretender,' but playing part of a dysfunctional family is more interesting.
Most of the time I play heroes, guys who don't have an edge.
