Big shoes Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch

It's tough, when you play an iconic character, to break away from it. You have to make sure you have a lot of variety…

— Billie Lourd

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.

— Penelope Wilton

A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I came out…

— Sasha Luss

Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I…

— Patrick Marber

I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the…

— Michael Emerson

I would like to believe that all the roles I have portrayed so far - no matter how significant or insignificant they are -…

— Shweta Menon

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have attributed to…

— Vincent Piazza

I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters…

— Harry Dean Stanton

Each role, I feel like takes you on a different journey based on who that character is.

— Mark Ruffalo

I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role…

— Florence Pugh

I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.

— Abhimanyu Singh

There seem to be two sorts of actors. Some people play themselves marvellously, and others, like me, rather like to become someone else.

— Eileen Atkins