Quotes About Acting

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

Being in an acting class, you always feel like, you know, you're insecure, a lot of ways, when the teacher is commenting on your performance.

I don't think anybody becomes an actor to serve theatre or to serve art anywhere. We all become actors because we are insecure people who want to be looked at. That was the reason I became an actor.

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I'm not actually acting. Then it's about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character.

I feel like I can do any kind of acting. It's hard to convince other people of that. I feel very confident that most any role, I would be able to do it. I don't have a lot of insecurities around acting.

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.

It's interesting, the acting thing. I think it must be a deep sense of insecurity that made me want to explore other characters.

Sometimes I'm on a TV set, and I can't feel what I'm supposed to feel as that character because I've not worked my way up to that point. I think there's a bit more insecurity on a set - you've got to blag it, or you've got to do what you've been paid a lot of money to do in a very short space of time.

The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.

I acted in 'Kaante' because Sanjay Gupta insisted me to do it. At that time, I had never thought that I would be acting in films.

I definitely wanted to give acting a shot. And Mom helped me decide what I should do by insisting that my decision should be based on what I thought was right for me.

Kathy Burke has been a real inspiration. I think she's brilliant. I like the fact she doesn't care what she looks like on TV and just gets really into character. Obviously, she can do drama as well, but it's her comedy I love.

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.

Actors that don't look like they're acting and stories that are told well inspire me.

Sometimes when I'm not working, I go and teach at an acting school, and quite selfishly, that makes me feel more inspired to do things myself.

I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster.

I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.

I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by, and then, if I am having a good time, chances are that people will like watching you.

It's lovely to escape myself and play someone who actually inspires me and gives me strength.

Amy Adams is incredible and inspiring - she's amazing.

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

You know, when I was little, I actually did want to be an actor. But I only wanted to play myself. So Instagram is sort of perfect for me.