Quotes About Performance

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

I'd definitely love to do more acting. My heart cries out for it; it's such a deep longing.

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.

Once the film is done, then I like to watch myself. I know some actors say that they get very self-conscious watching themselves on screen especially if they have to cry in the scenes, they don't like the way their face contorts, but I have no such issues.

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.

I'm an entertainer: I want to make people laugh, cry. I want to move them.

I overthink everything. I'm just like, 'Wait, why do they want to hear me?' I start doubting myself. Other times, I'll just get so emotional during a song. Sometimes I'll cry while I'm singing. It's so weird. I'm such a baby.

The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times.

I've had scenes where I had to cry, and by the time I've cried for the 20th time, I'm exhausted.

As an actor, I love to play a good crying scene.

I like to do the whole gamut of emotions on stage - big crying, shouting, hair-pulling.

There was a scene early on during the first season of Roswell and I broke down crying. Since then, I've always just been able to do it.

You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes.

Everybody has been saying 'Srimanthudu' is the best film of my career. After watching the film, Dad told me that he's never seen me perform like this. I just couldn't stop myself from crying.

I have the best entrance in all of professional wrestling for crying out loud.

Let me be crystal clear: I love doing television.

That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.

Bubble cubes are central to what I do.

'Cuckoo' really is one of the best shows I've ever been in. I'm genuinely excited and proud to be a part of it.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.