Quotes About Acting

Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type.

Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'

I find if you can look in the mirror and see something other than the face you see every day, it can free you up in terms of who you play. Wearing a mask can free you up.

I think I became an actress because I didn't know who I was, and I certainly didn't like the person I saw when I looked in the mirror.

One of my earliest memories was when I was three, going to this full-length mirror in my parents' bathroom and saying into the mirror, 'You are going to be an actress.'

I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.

I don't know about anyone else, but I got really scared looking at myself in the mirror when I got my hair cut for a role.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.

I really miss doing masala films.

I really miss playing Hansa. I just love her.

Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss.

I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

I don't miss acting at all.

I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'.

I don't miss 'EastEnders.' I did a two-stretch. That was enough.

Not every character that you play is going to be somebody that you like or love, but every character that you play has a story that is worth telling. If you're not the person to tell it, that's one thing. But if you don't want to tell it because you are afraid of the unpopularity of the character, I view that as a missed opportunity.

Although I started off as a child artist, I left acting in between, as I felt that I was missing the fun of school days. But a little later, I became keen on acting again and started going for auditions.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.