Quotes About Acting

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

When I started acting, I did many films without even an idea of what the script was about. The film would start, and then we would discover what we were expected to do on the sets. Those days have changed.

If you discover that a role isn't complex, you can speak to somebody about it and they'll help you push it when you're on set.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.

I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it.

When 'Director's Kut' called me and asked to come for an audition, I went for it but there was no response for a couple of days. Then I got a chance to meet Rajan Shahi and discuss the character. I liked Pammi the moment I heard about the character.

Subconsciously, there was always an actor inside me. But while growing up, it was a very normal childhood because my dad never got films to the dining table and never discussed films.

Obviously I would never have agreed to be a part of something that would change the colour of my skin had I been playing a human. The bottom line is, I'm playing a cat. There is no more discussion. I am a cat that's white, let's not read into it.

I find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that?

I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.

It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.

I've never disliked a character I've played. I've always tried to find the humanity and the reasons for what he does.

Disney acting is a little more difficult than many people think it is. People feel like the characters aren't deep, but as an actor, you try to do everything you can do the best of your ability.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.

I love a period drama - the theatricality of going into work and having that distance between yourself and the character you're playing.

When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

My character Preet in 'Fanaah' had a very distinctive appearance: loud make-up and dramatic clothes.

I want to act in films and TV drama, so that's where I'm aiming to be, and I'm not going to let anything distract me or turn my head until I get there.

I didn't debut in a film playing a diva.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.