A Quote by Taraji P. Henson

I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.

Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji P. Henson
American - Actress
Born: September 11, 1970

Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?

E. L. Konigsburg

I don't want to get stuck playing the same character over and over again.

Alexa Vega

I like playing the same person over and over again. I've done shows for over a year on Broadway, and I never get bored.

Ana Gasteyer

I've said multiple times, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again that I want to play for one team my whole career.

Jalen Ramsey

I hope we don't have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion. The parity of women's health. It's very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.

Erica Jong

If you write in the same way over and over again, like, in the same place with the same techniques and with the same people, you're sort of writing the same song over and over again.

Billie Eilish

Within the small crew of people who hold the media's many 'NeverTrump' positions, the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Pete Wehner doesn't get enough credit for writing the same thing over and over and over and over and over again.

Mollie Hemingway

I don't wanna keep playing the same song over and over again. It's just thinking about "what's going to be the coolest thing to play on this particular show?" The easiest thing to do is to play the single over and over again.

John Britt Daniel

My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and over again. And you know what I learned from that? I went back and looked at everything - Why do I like reading the same stories over and over and over again? What, was I some kind of nincompoop? No - the narrative gave me connection with my mom.

Peter Guber

So often, I think shows get into these grooves where they know the characters hit, and they just write for it over and over and over again.

Dan Levy

As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again.

Michelle Forbes

I get easily bored, so it's better for me to be a session player rather than playing the same music over and over again.

Mark Ivanir

If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again.

Ray Romano

You don't want to get into doing the same thing, over and over again. I know I don't.

Michael Sheen

I have a tradition of working with actors, over and over again. I've worked with Jason Bateman, over and over again. You get to know an actor, and you get a certain trust and a comfort, and you become really good friends, and you feel like you've got a short-hand.