Quotes About Acting

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

You have to strike while the iron is hot. You have to take downtime to see friends and family, but my passion is acting: pursuing those scary, challenging characters and working with passionate people.

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.

I think I can strike a balance in politics and acting.

It often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old.

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine.

After 'Champion,' I got like 20,000 psychopath roles! And they wanted me to strip and show my body in every film. But I have tried to balance my roles.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for.

Ballet, there's a right way to do things, and it's black and white, and it's all striving for perfection. Acting is not that way. It's very gray, and the messier you can be, the better. The mistakes that you make are the gold and the beautiful stuff.

For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylised, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism.

I always felt something different when I saw Gary Oldman on screen. It just felt like he knew how to reach a deeper level of himself, which is something I keep striving to reach.

For a time, I really thought acting was just impersonating. But impersonation is just big brush strokes, really. What makes acting different is empathy.

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles.

I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.

I was never desperate to work in Bollywood though I aspired to do a movie across the border but only if I was offered a strong character and a main lead.

Stars can never replace strong character actors in roles that demand histrionics.

I was getting offers when I was in Bollywood, but was waiting for a strong character.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.