Quotes About Acting

I really love voice over work, because it lets you go crazy and have fun. You literally can go anywhere with it!

I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what I have fun doing.

I have fun doing lighter roles, as I don't have to do anything against my emotions.

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

I love doing heightened reality stuff, and having fun with the characters I play, especially in a kind of darker way, which I don't get to do in 'Primeval' at all.

'T@gged' is really, really dope. I'm really proud of it, and I really love the role of Hawk. It's arguably one of my favorite roles I've played.

Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

Egos are an occupational hazard in acting, but I don't have much of one, and my husband doesn't have much of one, so it's good.

When one sees me on screen I hope he or she only sees and feels the character, not Shefali.

Well, I kind of did the math in my head when I was like, 9. I was like, 'Well, if I want to make films' - because I want to be a director - 'I could just go on a film set and learn there.' And then I ended up falling in love with acting and the set and making friends all the time. And so I've just been doing that ever since.

I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - it's a lot of fun because there's no responsibility. You let other people have the headaches. The director has all of the headaches.

I am continuing to do lead roles and that is where I am actually headed, but doing cameos is also a fun experience.

Acting was always my passion, even before music, so I knew I was always heading down that path.

Heading out to L.A., doing this acting thing. You can't rest on your laurels out there. You finish a film, you don't know how it's going to do. You're talking about that next job, usually.

We should be actors rather than trying to be a lead; it will create a healthier atmosphere.

I don't take the roles home with me. I don't work that way. I don't understand that; I mean, I really don't when I hear that.

When I was launched in 2010, people told me that I wasn't the best looking guy, so I would have to act really well. I am aware that I am not conventionally good looking. I have heard it so many times that I have started believing it.

I remember a lot of conversations where I was constantly hearing, 'You've gotta do this movie so you can do that movie. You've gotta make a big movie so you can make a small movie.' But I can't act like that.

I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk.

I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character.

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

If I was called back to 'Grand Budapest 2,' a prequel or whatever, I'm there. I'm there in a heartbeat.

Playing a bad guy would be fun, I'm not going to lie. I'd definitely do that in a heartbeat, because it's so out of my nature.

Because I grew up around the reality and heartbreak of acting, I didn't want to have anything to do with it.