Quotes About Acting

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

People who win awards for drama and for crying their eyes out for two hours... it's easy!

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give me a piggyback; Vivien Leigh never read me a bedtime story. It was just my mum and our housekeeper, whom I adored, and after that, it was boarding school.

For me, I just like to be as fun as possible, but I do like to bring a lot to a character. Given the script or the show, I know my boundaries, limits, and how far I can go with it.

You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.

I acted three times with Fred MacMurray, three times with Martin and Lewis, four times with Rock Hudson. Three times with Glenn Ford.

Rock Hudson. He was an absolute human being. Charming, funny, real.

When I came into movies or acted in 'Njandukalude Natil Oridavela' and 'Mayaanadhi,' little did I expect such a huge response from the crowd. All I expected was to work with good filmmakers.

I shot for 'Gandhi' for three days and got paid Rs 20,000, which was a huge amount in 1981.

I'm a huge fan of Bill Macy, so working with him in any capacity was exciting for me.

I had only ever done films that never had this huge fan base. I acted just to act. And so, coming into 'The Originals' and 'Legacies' and that fandom for the first time, I didn't know how to handle it at first, but I have a better grip on it now.

In 'Badlapur,' my character's name is Jhumli. It's a special film for me because I got a chance to work with my favourite director, Sriram Raghavan. I'm a huge fan of him.

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

One of the things I love about Helena Bonham Carter is that she is ravishing, but she does as much as she can to play it down and look funny. She doesn't let her looks get in the way. I hugely respect that.

I've never felt that I had to take a role in one of those mediocre but hugely budgeted romantic comedies because I want to wear beautiful dresses and have people think I'm pretty and that I get the guy.

I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.

Before Hum Tum,' I had never done comedy. I was scared.

Somebody came up with the idea of a double role, and I think 'Hum Dono' gave me a great double role - I played Captain Anand and Major Verma, the 'haw-haw' type of major.

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and make people laugh or cry. At some point you have to take off that mask, and when you do, you're a human being, not just an actor. After all, I'm Catherine the person first. You share that.