Quotes About Acting

When it's a bigger character, and there's a lot going on for her, and there are all these different elements that go into the character, I just love being able to dive into it.

I'm extremely happy to be doing different projects, taking up diverse roles that allow me to explore my own potential as an actor.

I've been getting diverse roles.

I knew I am not star material. I cannot sing or dance, nor am I good for action. I can only perform for which strong, diverse roles are needed.

As an actor, I am looking for diverse roles.

It's a blessing that I get to play such diverse roles.

I have been really lucky in my career, with the diversity of it. I get to play really complex people.

I have people tell me all the time, 'I was expecting you to be mean.' Why is that? Because you saw me in a movie? That's acting.

I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.

I never have broken up in comedy, ever. There's something about me that I just don't break on camera - maybe because I'm just so cheap, and I know how expensive it is to shoot - but I broke on 'Sordid Lives,' and I broke on 'The Office.' Those are the only two times in my life.

It's always a learning experience every time I'm on set.

I'm a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you've experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in.

I find it easy to act being in love. I've experienced that and analysed it.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

What I love about acting is experiencing the absolute moments of - you know - of getting lost in the world you've created for yourself.

I always do what the character demands, and I love to experiment with my looks.

I think I'm already slotted. After 3 Bahuraniyaan where I played a positive role, I did one negative role just as an experiment. After that I started getting only such roles.

I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out.

Commercials are 20 seconds long, so you don't get to experiment with your characters. But in films, you get to try out your acting skills.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; I just did not know when and where. I was open to experimenting.

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

I've filmed before in the U.S. and have more than 80 roles in TV, film, and theatre, but the feeling of becoming a part of the Marvel Universe as Colossus is incredible. Sometimes you just can't explain that moment, but when you think about it, you feel so happy and proud.

It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.