Quotes About Roles

On my debut album, I wrote a lot about women and their roles in society.

In the 1990s, when I made my debut, an artiste would get easily stereotyped. So I only got the roles of didis, bhabhis, chachis and buas.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

Sometimes we think roles define us. One can emerge beyond the confines of their roles to make an impact on society.

With clearly defined roles and a focus on communication, it's much easier to make your company come across as well-organized and on top of things - because it actually is.

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

If we talk about character actors they are always in demand. Actress like Aruna Irani will always be needed in a script.

It was a combination of typecasting and my own demons. There are roles I could have gotten, but there were just lots of opportunities that I just blew on my own.

Things have definitely changed from my times, when there were just no strong roles written for women, I will not deny that.

An actor doesn't have a regular job. He is dependent upon the roles which are given him.

I'd like roles with more depth.

I am grateful to those directors who actually designed roles for me.

The kind of films that I do... they don't really have the budget for the actress to wear designer clothes. I think that is because it's mostly very relatable, real-life roles.

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.

There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.

I always want to do real roles. When my father used to go to Dilip Kuamr's house, he used to show minute details of acting. I watch documentaries too.

It's totally different playing a lawyer and a detective.

I have died in enough TV and films.

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

As an actress, I am eager to explore different characters.

I want to play many different characters.

If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is for me.

I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.