Quotes About Acting

My dad was in these pretty big films that were relevant to my age group. I remember him doing 'Richie Rich' when I was eight-years-old, and then 'Jumanji.' I remember going to these sets, and I loved being on film sets. I just found it fascinating watching how stories were made.

My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.

I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in.

It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.

It's quite nice coming off doing a dark, upsetting scene. It's a relief that that's over with, and then you can get back to happy old Sophie.

I love playing serious! That's a relief for me. It means something. It sounds dead corny and cheesy, but on a day-to-day basis, you can't just let loose and cry. So as an actress playing those gritty roles, I can play it quite decently.

Doing comic roles is a great relief considering the power-packed roles that are usually offered to me.

I enjoyed shooting 'Chandramukhi' so much that I would not say it was a relief when the shooting got over.

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.

I relieved my loneliness with movies and books, and I had a strong desire to express what I felt through acting.

If it's a very emotional scene, you're kind of relieved when you've done it, kind of spent. And there are times when you can be rattled, certain characters if they're hyper, that can carry over, the residue of that. But I try to leave it on the set.

I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.'

I love playing grotesques, I relish it.

I've been acting for a long time, and I've done a lot of things, and I've been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I'm reluctant to give that up.

Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few days and then rely on the instinct and what happens when you're in a scene with other actors and that chemistry or not.

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life they don't tend to explore so much.

Though I am associated in the public mind with glamorous songs and dances, my appearance in 'Company' is in no way glamorous. Rather than rely on my body language, the number zooms in on my facial expressions.

I started in theatre, moved into film and television, and started doing voice work, which is funny because after a long time in film and television, you forget how much you rely on just a simple look on your face.

Acting is mathematics for me. I do very little homework and rather rely on my imagination for playing a role.

Acting is probably the only profession where you are relying only on empathy.

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.