Quotes About Acting

Actors want to act. I think a lot of times what happens is that they're expected to bring it all. Probably because I'm a writer, I'm not telling them what to do. I just provide them with as much as I can.

I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.

Larry Drake - I love his work... He plays a very disabled character like the role I'm playing.

The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.

As an actress, I had a very short career - it lasted 12 years.

I had been on four other series that never lasted more than a year and a half. I'd done fine, so you start to wonder, 'Will I ever be one of those lucky actors who get to be part of something lasting?'

Acting is important to me, but so is the rest of my life, and what I still keep in mind is that the pressure of being successful lasts so short a time.

I feel like I came to acting late in a way.

A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

There are a lot of pretty actresses in Hollywood who try to act tough, and the audience laughs.

I got a few laughs and decided I was going to act.

I love acting and really think that's what I want to do. It's weird seeing myself up there, but I'm used to it now. But otherwise, I have backups. Doctor, lawyer.

There was a time when I wanted to be a lawyer, or even a professional triathlete... But nothing could come close to the passion I have for acting.

I am acting in a film based on Abheek Barua's 'City of Death.' It is a dark story that sifts through many layers of Kolkata.

I like to play non-cardboard characters. I try and bring out the many complex layers in the personality of the characters I play.

I became an actress because I'm lazy. I wouldn't apply myself at school.

I'm a lazy actor, lazier than you would think. I don't usually do a lot of research.

Even on television, it is all about the script of the show and my character. It has nothing to do with whether I am bagging the lead role or any other.

If I had my way, I would never do a leading role.

The only way I get a leading role in a studio picture is if Ryan Gosling can't play it, which is clearly the case with 'Selma.' If this was a non-colour-specific character, it wouldn't be me. It just wouldn't.