Quotes About Acting

There couldn't possibly be a more label-driven industry than acting, seeing as every audition comes with a character breakdown: 'Beautiful, sassy, Latina, 20s'; 'African American, urban, pretty, early 30s'; 'Caucasian, blonde, modern girl next door'. Every role has a label; every casting is for something specific.

I'm playing my first urban character in 'Thirudan Police.' It's an important film because I'll be breaking the stereotype that I'm only fit for rural characters with this role.

I've stayed away from doing 'urban film' because I just don't relate to the characters. I'm not going to take a role because I happen to have the same skin color.

It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that.

I've hardly ever played urban characters.

I used to do a lot of plays in English, Hindi, and Urdu. I wanted to be an actor since I was three and a half.

The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.

I have a real pet peeve for women who play damaged characters but don't look damaged.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.

Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.

Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you're in New York, it's terrible.

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.

So most of my acting experience came in college when I was living away from them. I acted in various independent films, and I got some commercial work and stuff like that.

Going to the darkest place you can to make yourself really upset and adding that with the physicality and running around, you can work yourself into hysteria that way.

My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some good, some bad, and they will be his legacy to the world of acting.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

I'm too passionate about my work...Acting takes not only concentration, it takes creativity; it takes... your soul.

My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.