Quotes About Acting

It is a treat to do scenes where you silently enact.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

I had been acting right from my school days; naturally, I had a passion for dancing.

I remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character.

I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did.

I did drama at school, as a kid, but I ain't been to, like, acting school or anything. I was in a couple of school plays.

What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.

I never wanted to act. I never participated in school plays.

It was quite difficult to play the role of a scientist in 'Hasee To Phasee.'

I've done a little bit of TV. I'm doing a little mini-series at the moment called 'Scooter.'

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

There's a lot of scope for performing in masala movies.

One of the things I love about acting is that there is always scope for growth.

I went to drama school in Scotland.

I still feel like when I walk on the set, I'm starting from scratch, until I realize, 'OK, I do know what I'm doing. I'm human.'

If I had gotten the parts in 'Scream' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' I would not have been very good in them, and I would've squandered whatever success I had gotten because I wasn't ready for that sort of thing. So I feel grateful for all of the years that I have behind me trying to get traction and a career.

If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.

I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing with my hands?' or 'Why did I lean that way?' or 'What's that look on my face?' It's too difficult to not focus on evaluating my acting.

Any film which makes me play myself on the screen comes easy for me.

I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

'Basha' is the best screenplay in my career.