Quotes About Acting

There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.'

When I left England and announced I was going to be an actress, the Windsors stopped speaking to me.

I think I needed rather than wanted to be an actor. There is not another way to put it.

There is a certain kind of anxiety whenever I go perform live in a play.

I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.'

I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.

That's where my passion was ignited, on the set of 'Pobol Y Cwm.' I loved it and I've had such a passion for TV and films. I can't do anything else.

A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

Anytime anyone gets passionate over a character you're playing, I think you've done your job well.

I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.

I guess I'm just a normal kid apart from the acting.

I was asked to come and appear on 'Friends,' and I did.

I don't like to go any longer than two years without appearing on stage.

I'd rather be appreciated for my character in a film than my looks.

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

I know how much people loved me as Akshara; I have seen the appreciation.

Directors were apprehensive in trying comedy with me.

I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.

You know I was always looking out for age appropriate roles.

Usually, I like to play sophisticated-looking characters. I want to do 'Godfather'-like characters. Given my voice and style, such characters will be apt for me.

It was just as well I found acting because I had no aptitude for anything else.