Quotes About Roles

Casting is a big deal.

I have never thought of which kind of movie will give me the big break. I have always been more cautious of the roles that I have played.

There aren't a lot of roles in comedy for women of a certain age to play, especially with a 22-year-old.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

There's always certain actors that are interested in certain things and other actors who aren't.

I think each role has had different challenges.

Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.

For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.

I'm sure my agents would like me to play leading roles, and I guess I should, but I'm more interested in the character parts. They're more fun, challenging and interesting.

In Bollywood, better the body you have, the brighter are your chances of bagging roles.

I didn't really look like a character actor, yet those were the roles I loved to play. If you were a character actor who didn't necessarily look like a character actor, you had to play bad guys.

There can only be one government, and the president has certain roles and duties, which are to hold the second key on money and on people but not to go and check the government or tell the government what it is supposed to do.

I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.

I have only chosen roles that I am comfortable in - from the many that have come to me.

Throughout my acting career by far, I have chosen roles that are not only challenging but unique at the same time.

I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.

Audiences have taken a liking for supernatural and fantasy shows. The genre is doing well on the small screen, and I wanted to get into that mould. I have never played a naagin, and such roles have always intrigued me.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

I try to do justice to whatever roles I take up and it really doesn't bother me whether I am paired opposite a superstar or a newcomer.

Some girls are just cut out to be housewives, drive SUVs and sing in the shower as opposed to being superstars.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.

What you would call a 'lead,' I've always considered a supporting part, and what people would call 'supporting parts,' I've considered leads. In a way, I look at it in reverse, because supporting parts - when they're done correctly - are the ones that are progenitors for storylines, to move forward.

Everybody is an actor, whether you play the main lead or one of the supporting characters.