Quotes About Acting

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

It's fun to watch someone like John Goodman, and yet it takes work. People say 'he's not acting, he's being himself.' Well it's hard to be yourself, it's the hardest job there is.

In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

The more that I can work in different mediums, the more I can grow, and learn from different actors and different types of actors and directors and different styles of acting and build a tool box.

I'm all about working. I'm a really hard worker, and I'm taking advantage of all those different opportunities, on the music and acting side, because I love both.

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.

In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.

I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

I've only been acting since 2009 and I learn more and more with each job. I think I prepare and I'm very focused and I have a good work ethic that I learned in school.

I do think that being a BAME actor does make it difficult to avoid stereotypes.

I grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.

For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were characters who were originally written white, and then they would cast me. And I used to consider that a badge of honor because that meant I had avoided stereotypes.

One of my passion is acting and breaking the stereotypes at the same time by choosing strong characters of what women are and can be.

But, my passion is acting and I want to follow it. I want to be an actor who inspires people and breaks stereotypes of what women are and can be, by choosing strong characters.

If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though I have an accent - I've always been able to play educated people. That's a good thing!

Because I sidestepped all the stereotypical roles, in a way I've made a career out of not being Asian - a lot of my roles weren't written as Asian - so there's an impulse in me that wants to take a U-turn and play a very grounded, real Asian character, maybe an immigrant.

I'm glad that I'm not a stereotypical actor.