Quotes About Acting

I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.

I don't play roles, I play characters. There is a vast difference between the two.

Look at the vast range of roles portrayed by Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, or say Halley Berry. Their works are now my inspiration.

When my father was a young actor, it is absolutely true that the vast majority were fairly middle class. Then all of a sudden, people like Albert Finney burst through and turned all that on its head.

I once read that in vaudeville, it was often the straight guy who got paid more than the comic because that's the tougher job. He has to set up the jokes in just the right way.

If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.

If I do a role where I have to lose weight, I can do that. I eat meat, fish, vegetables, and I lose it right away. But sometimes I do a role where I have to gain weight, and I can tell you I prefer that.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

I wanted to quit acting and as soon as I decided that, the call for 'Velvet Buzzsaw' came through.

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.

I played Shylock in my school's staging of 'Merchant of Venice.'

I went into acting because I'm easily bored. Acting seemed to give vent to a lot of different feelings.

I have done great characters in Malayalam, too. In that sense, there was nothing special about my acting as Ambedkar. But I am sure that this is a great venture, and I will get a lot of exposure in India and abroad. I have tried my best to do maximum justice to the character.

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.

Although I have been performing in all sorts of ways and roles since childhood, 'GoT' is my first proper venture onto the screen.

When I listen to scripts, I never ask who my co-star is - instead, I ask about the characters and the producers of the particular venture.

There's a lot to be said for women who want to focus primarily on acting. Other women, on the other hand, aspire to combine their work in acting with other ventures in fashion, business, directing, writing, producing, etc. It's a very personal decision.

I am very much available for singing. There's a misconception that I am too busy with my acting ventures, but, I think, I can manage both.

My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.

In between acting, I'm still going to be doing modeling and different ventures.

No doubt an actress has to do varied roles. But I don't want myself to be typecast as an actress who can only do off-beat ventures.