I've tried to take roles with great demands.
It's very hard to play a hyperactive character all the time, I try my best, but I end up collapsing at the end of the day.
'Saving Grace' was a full stretch-out - literally, physically, spiritually, psychologically. And I needed to take a year-and-a-half off when it was over.
I would just say there are no two roles that are more demanding than Bob Dylan of 1966 [Blanchett's role in 'I'm Not There'] and Carol Aird of 1952. I challenge any director out there to come up with a wider divide. I had to convince her to take the Dylan role, and that took effort. But with 'Carol,' she was already attached.
I can't be under the weight of the character for a 14-hour shooting day. I don't think anybody can do that.
Getting in shape for this role, which is incredibly demanding, vocally, has been a lot of hard work, but I'm nailing it. I'm even kind of, at times, blowing my own mind, because I am even able to talk right now.
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.
Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...
It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.
I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you roles that get you an Oscar, anyway. Tom Hanks can do it in Hollywood; not us.
It's not every actor that can play a genius.
'Quantum Leap' gave me a huge opportunity as an actor. The nature of the role and it's demands allowed people to perceive me as a versatile actor, and the wide success of the show around the planet gave me a certain notoriety that helped me get other work.
I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
The padded outfits, the bad scripts, the phony-looking sets... he dealt with it all. He had to. He was Superman.
Do you know how hard it is to play a character where you're always in heels? Oh, my goodness!
The character requires so many elements. The only one who could fulfill that was this one person: Elle Fanning.
