Quotes About Acting

Alia Bhatt's role in 'Udta Punjab' is something I would like to do. Nobody can replace Alia in the movie, and she did a fabulous job, but I would love to do such roles.

Bobby Ball, who plays my dad in 'Not Going Out,' is very funny. He has a magical sense for comedy that nobody has been able to replicate.

I went through much deliberation on choosing my next TV role after 'Reply 1988.'

I acted as a mood builder in 'Love Rain,' so I thought it was going to be a similar role in 'Reply 1997.' Then I found out it was for the role of Yoon Yoon Jae, so I said no. I didn't think that I was in the position to take such a cool character.

'The Xpose' was just an experiment, a small step into Bollywood. It wasn't my acting debut, as reported in Mumbai. I've done a couple of Punjabi films.

I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'

Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.

I've had to take roles that on purpose were not Will-like so that someone like 'The Hollywood Reporter' would write, 'McCormack shows great range; no Will Truman here.'

I made a sort-of living in the beginning of my acting career as a reporter. I think my very first job was 'Early Edition' as reporter no. 1, and for 'Light It Up,' I was reporter no. 2.

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

I used to represent Mount Carmel College in cultural activities, and a friend in the team told me to try my hand at acting.

I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general.

My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the acting bug. Bless them.

It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them.

I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a script.

I think part of what acting did for me is it kind of represents all my greatest fears. I'm sort of compelled to do it, but at the same time, it's so frightening. But I think that the things that frighten me the most in life are the things I should be doing.

Playing Aung San Suu Kyi was a journey in itself. She represents many things for many people and for many reasons. Although I have played many important roles in my life, I can say that this role has been a journey of self-realisation.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

I've played an awful lot of repressed people.

Romcoms are challenging, but I'm hungry for drama.

It's 'The Hunger Games.' My character needs to look hungry. A little bit.

When I auditioned for 'Fargo,' there was something about it that I was hungry for because of how right it felt for me.

When I first started auditioning, I was so, dare I say, desperate and hungry for a job that I pretty much went out for anything my agents sent me with a few exceptions.