Quotes About Acting

People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along.

When I was asked to play the lead character Mohini in Avunu' I asked Ravi Babu why he chose me. He said he wanted someone who can act well. I felt nice.

All over the world, actors and actresses are chosen for their performing skills. Not how they look or what they wear. It is all about how they act, how they emote.

I have only chosen roles that I am comfortable in - from the many that have come to me.

Throughout my acting career by far, I have chosen roles that are not only challenging but unique at the same time.

I've always been a big fan of 'Law & Order: SVU.' I think Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni are just incredible.

And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater.

If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!'

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

They didn't have the money to keep Christopher Lee long enough to play his scenes with me.

I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.

Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.

I've always acted; in fact, I can't remember a time when I was not. When I was little, cinema was a game, then my father's job and now mine.

The only acting I knew when I was a boy came from Lochgelly. With a double bill, people would live their lives in the cinema. You would even see babies being breastfed in the audience.

I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that.

I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America.

Being in a kids' show... taught me so much about who I am as an individual, and I learned a lot through the writing and different directors that came in, and I evolved as an actress and human being, and I really created a circle of friends who helped shape me who I am today.

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.

Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

When you're playing a superhero, you're almost playing two different people. I separate when I'm playing Jefferson Pierce and the days when I'm playing Black Lightning.

For me, I really liked the idea of playing a non-superhero on a superhero show.