Quotes About Acting

I am very close to a number of actresses who are trans and hungry for parts.

I go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.

Though I hunt for anything that is different, I am looking forward to play some historical characters and the role of Gladiator.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

Eric Hunter is the type of character I've always dreamed of playing.

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.

I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.

When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.

I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours.

I've been dropped out of many movies at the last minute so that hurts because you feel sheer helplessness because you know how good you could've been in that role.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think.

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical.

Sometimes directors come to me when I have to play some horrible thing, scary or hysterical or crying; they ask, 'Did you study somewhere to be an actress?' No, this is life. That's why I think I don't want to say you need a really bad experience to be a good artist, but bad experiences in your life say something.

I had to learn to jog because I run like a fish. All my friends found the thought of me running on screen hysterical because I do absolutely no exercise.

My ability to bring different characters to life is what has helped me advance in my career, and I would say as far as looks are concerned, well, I suppose that would be the icing on the cake, but acting comes first and foremost.

Guide' is not just my most iconic film. It is also Dev's most celebrated work. But I almost didn't do 'Guide.'

There are so many roles that actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui or Manoj Bajpayee or Irrfan have done. And they make every character iconic. They are the masters of their art... I want to be like that.

At drama school we were encouraged to keep fit and healthy, but not to bulk out. We were told to stay lithe to allow our bodies to morph when we're playing various parts. Running is ideal for this, especially when I needed a lean look for the Channel 4 drama 'Cucumber.'

I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.

Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films.