Quotes About Acting

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

Just because I'm the top-grossing actress of all time does not mean I'm the highest paid. I've had to fight for everything that I have. It's such a fickle and political industry.

I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.

I loved acting and wanted to be a leading man. But I decided I'd rather be a big fish in the stuntman pond than a little acting fish. I guess I must have made the right decision.

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

I think you can assume because our pool of Asian-Americans actresses or actors - men and women - is pretty small, that whatever project is out there I probably have been asked to audition or I probably chose to not go in it for various aspects.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

In Asia, I didn't feel like I was Chloe. I felt like I was acting like someone in Asia. I was acting like Chloe Wang, a pop star, that was like a character for me, if anything.

I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

If you put me in a box, I'm a character actor. The thing that keeps popping up for me - it sounds really cliche - but I want to play something really physically challenging, something extremely demanding and strong.

There are many things that I've learned through the characters that I've played. But one thing that pops up in my head is 'always be honest.'

I want to do amazing roles fit for my age in 30 years. I'm sure I'll be less popular and have less offers then, but I think I'll be able to do act well for my age at the time.

As part of modeling, I have acted in the advertisement films of popular brands. Then I got some offers from films.

I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.

I mean, it gave me so much popularity, and because of TV, I got my first breakthrough. But I just enjoy doing films more.

My grandmother raised me for a good portion of my life. She moved to Los Angeles with me to be an actor, so I've always had a connection with an older generation.

I love Sanjeev Kumar's cop portion in 'Sholay.' Manoj Bajpayee in 'Shool' was also amazing.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

Age is not a factor when it comes to choosing the kind of roles you want to portray or the kind of clothes you wear for a role on-screen.

As an only child, I embrace loneliness. Hollywood loneliness helped to understand Marilyn Monroe in a real way. I was able to portray her very well.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.