Skip to content

Character Quote by Amy Smart

“Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.” quote by Amy Smart — Download Open image

“Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.”

About This Quote

Source Podcast: Acting Journeys, 2022

She reflects on aging and playing younger roles, uncertain about future casting.

In simple terms: She worries about playing characters younger than her.

Key Takeaway

Embrace age-appropriate roles and expand range.

Themes

career age identity

Mood

reflective hopeful

Type

advice philosophical

When to use this quote

auditions
networking
training workshops

Key Concepts

typecasting career longevity

Questions to Reflect On

Can you find roles that suit your age?
How can you diversify your skill set?

A Different Perspective

Industry may limit roles based on appearance.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings)

16 Maybe Character Early 20s Knows Maybe 30 Playing 16 Playing Characters Wells

More by Amy Smart

I sometimes skip meals when I travel.

Image

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television…

Image

I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think…

Image

I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.

Image

I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

Image

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in…

Image

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

Image

For me, I'm OK doing embarrassing things, when it's with somebody else. I'm not the only person to look at.

Image

I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge…

Image

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Image

I'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision.

Image

(UGO, about Crank) I see the addiction to video games because you want to win them and it's just hard enough so you'd want…

Image

Explore all 27 Amy Smart quotes

More Character quotes

This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities…

Image

I always like a character who makes me laugh.

Rachael Stirling

Image

Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…

Robert A. Heinlein

Image

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

Image

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

Image

When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do…

Image

It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced…

Emily Deschanel

Image

If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if…

Image

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…

Harry S. Truman

Image

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

Image

Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty!

Image

I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,…

Image

Browse all 32,707 Character quotes