Quotes About Acting

Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.

Acting is a psychological profession, and every character drains you emotionally, regardless of whether it is an intense art house movie or a light-hearted commercial series.

An actor is here to perform. For example, if a character is a Punjabi or a Bihari, and the actor is not, doesn't mean we have to cast an actor from that region. If an actor can perform, they can portray anyone because an actor is here to try different roles.

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.

In Jaipur, I did almost everything from regional theatre to Shakespeare's plays. But when I shifted to Mumbai, I joined Anupam Kher's academy, Actor Prepares,to hone my acting skills.

I grew up doing regional Shakespeare, and when Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, there's something about that that you don't really do in film anymore.

I would love to do regional cinema, provided the role is exciting enough and artistically challenging.

I've pretty much played every regional accent you can play in the U.K. I've played German, French, Arabic; I've been Jordanian, Lebanese. I've covered a lot of ground.

I have acted in nine regional languages and now I am ready to do a Bangla film.

It's really so depressing to be still listed in the Social Register after all the acting I've done.

I don't regret trying acting. When I decided to stop, I don't regret that either.

We were to work in a film titled 'Zabardast'. Unfortunately, this film didn't take off. After this, I never got another chance to work with him, I regret not having worked with Dilip Kumar.

I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.

In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.

I got a regret: That I started acting so late. I was 27, and guys who start at 18 or so, there's this kinda continuity of friendships they form in the profession by startin' young, I've never had that.

After I played the mother in a few films, I was only offered mother roles. I just wanted to act; so I don't regret doing any film.

I have played quite a few roles almost double my age. I don't regret those decisions and feel proud to have been part of 'Gandhi My Father' and 'Waqt.'

I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

In one part of my mind, I regret that there were 15 years spent not acting. But in the other part of my mind, I have no regrets. If I had been acting, I wouldn't have been able to do so many of the things I have done.

It's always a great feeling when I have no regrets regarding an audition that I've done and I feel that way about my audition for Moe in 'Trinkets.'

'Newhart' ran the longest, and it was great to have a regular role, but I run into a lot of film fans, and they ask me about 'Blade Runner.' I was grateful to be a part of that.

I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.

I was a very extrovert kid. It felt normal to me to act. I always went to regular schools. I've never been catty or a prima donna, so I never had problems. I always had my seat at the cafeteria when I came back from acting.

It's definitely one of those things when you decide to be an actor that it would be really cool to be in a Broadway show or a series regular on a hit show.