Quotes About Acting

Most of my actor friends don't believe it's possible to let go of it and be happy, and for a while that was true for me. For the first two years I ached, every day. And I had such bad dreams. But then I made the decision to start working on my little shop and all that went away.

I've dedicated my life to cinema and acting.

Somewhere deep inside, I knew I had to be an actress.

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.

Listen, I'm always going to defend my character, even when she's doing something that I don't approve of, because that's what you have to do to love them and play them.

I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.

I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university.

I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.

I get kids who say, 'Oh, I love your movie, but my mum loves your dad.' It's really nice to be able to share that with him, but it doesn't define who I am career-wise.

I don't want people to define me. That's the best way for an actor to grow.

Actresses are defined more by the roles they say 'no' to it than the roles they say 'yes' to it.

TV is like a school. It is easy to shoot for a film. In movies, you have a definite start and end. You know your character is there for a particular period.

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

I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.

I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on 'Mad Men' as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.

I've been acting since I was a kid, so I just feel confident in the fact that I can do it to some degree. I've never thought I was amazing; I've just thought, 'I know this, I can do it.'

I learnt acting in Delhi from Barry John, who also taught Shah Rukh Khan.

Besides acting, I had learnt a lot about entertainment at the Bhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow and the National School of Drama, Delhi, which I had not been able to put to use. That inspired me to take up direction.

Playing the role of Vartika in 'Delhi Crime' was one of the most exhausting, consuming and enriching experiences of my career.

I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

Working with Kajol was a delight, as we complemented each other. She is a seasoned actor, and there is so much to learn from her.

I did fine at school. Because of my acting work, I did miss all my mocks, which I was absolutely delighted about, and I spent about five months of my Leaving Cert year in Canada because I was doing 'Young Blades' there.

I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through.