I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.
Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders.
Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.
If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.
As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.
My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.
Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
You cant change the world, Just the role you play in it
Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.
A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?
I view my career like a rubber-band ball in that every role is a new experience building toward something bigger.
I relate to people and roles that are about the arc of human experience, things that everyday people deal with every day.
The only secret to food combination is a balance of protein, carbs and fat - they all play a key role in our health.
Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's lives better - while using fewer resources - and to act lawfully and with integrity.
I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.
The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome.
