I’m really somebody who never grew up thinking, ‘One day I’m going to be in large American movies waving machine guns.’ That wouldn’t have been believable. I was absolutely on line for mainly doing Chekhov and dramas and period dramas. That’s more my comfort zone. So, early in my career, one of the things I was anxious to do was to apprentice myself. I hadn’t gone to drama school, so I wanted to try as many different types of things as possible, to keep myself kind of muscular and to see what I could do and what I couldn’t. To put yourself into situations that aren’t necessarily in your comfort zone as an actor, I think that’s really important … I love that feeling of being somebody who portrays these really powerful, strong, cool women. At the same time it’s like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m getting away with this.’
—Kate Beckinsale on her roles in this summer’s Total Recall, as well as in the vampire action franchise Underworld. I find this quote a nice reminder that, whatever you imagine for your career, be open, because you just never know what will happen. [Reading Eagle]
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