Quotes About Performance

Gareth Bale is such a great player. I had watched him before on telly and you could see how special he is.

On telly, if it's not the right kind of show, I revert back to my 'Girlie Show' persona, become this daft, bawdy caricature of myself and I'm not actually like that, I'm actually quite - not clever, but smart with my words.

I have never had a problem with not being able to do anything just because I am on telly every day.

I'd seen Richard Pryor and Joan Rivers, the stuff off the telly. I don't think I'd seen anything live before I did a gig, which is weird.

Stand-up on the telly is one thing, but seeing it live is something else. There are brilliant comedians playing to rooms above pubs and arts centres around the corner from where you live. And anything could happen at a live gig.

I have an impeccable memory, and I can learn dialogues in any language in 20 minutes, including Telugu and Malayalam.

I did a 10-minute role in Rajkahini, in Manikarnika and a Telugu film too. I hope those left an impact on the audience.

I have worked really hard to reach where I am - I worked hard on my Hindi and diction because I am a Parsi and Hindi is not my strong point, and I've also learnt Tamil and Telugu because I want to get my lines right. I want to be known as a performer.

Luckily, neither in my Tamil nor in my Telugu movies do I have roles that require exaggerated emoting.

I have sung in many languages in my decades long career and Telugu is one of them.

Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.

I'm quite fluent in Telugu now, but there's a difference between talking and dubbing. While dubbing, the diction must be in sync with the emotion in the scene and would impact my performance.

I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.

I usually mug up my Telugu dialogues much before going to the sets every day.

I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too.

When I tell people that I am acting in Telugu, they ask me if I have to overact.

I played a biker in one of my earliest films in Telugu, 'Mr Perfect.'

Coming from the Malayalam sets, when I went to Telugu, people told me that I wasn't acting and that it felt dead. It was very subtle in Malayalam, while it is slightly dramatic in Telugu. It is quite fascinating to understand what each industry expects of you and work according to that.

I've acted in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films.

I am ready to act in Telugu if I get a good story.

In fact, my earliest films were in Tamil and Telugu and since then I have been acting in all languages.

I love doing Telugu films.

As an actor, I will work - whether it is in a Malayalam, Telugu or any film.

I have dubbed in all the three languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.