Quotes About Acting

I want to go deep into fashion; I want to go maybe into acting. There's a lot of stuff I would like to go into.

I think kid actors may grow up faster, with the responsibility of having to do school work, learn all lines.

There are a lot of fat women on TV. I know. I've made my living playing them.

The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

I can now shed the child-actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley.

I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If the guy has to be that way, I say get somebody else because I'm not doing any fat acting.

Get ready for 'Les Mis 2'... I'm playing 'Fat Cosette.'

Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.

I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!

I am not called for good roles in Malayalam films for reasons which I cannot fathom.

I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists.

I love to cook; I love to bake. It's, like, my favorite thing besides acting.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

'My character wouldn't do that.' That was always my favorite thing people say: 'My character wouldn't do that.' I said, 'Well, it says right here in this script your character does that.'

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favour or not and then maybe the whole dynamics can change.

My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.

I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.

Supriyaji is my all-time favourite actor. 'Tu Tu Main Main' was the first show I watched as a kid, and I have loved her work since then.

My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso.

I always go into a film situation depressed and fearful.

Acting is like lifting a 400-pound feather. It's a feather, how hard could it be? And yet, you go to lift it and it's heavy. For that reason, I love it, because it's very hard and difficult and challenging and obviously I want to learn more.

Big feature films are another world.

I have been very fortunate to play parts that have not been just, 'Oh, you need a fat person to play this part.' It's been a secondary thing or we made a feature of it.