Quotes About Actor

I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to go about it. That's why my ambition, initially, was not to play a lead role in a Bollywood film.

I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

A hero today must be Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan rolled into one. These are the six hero slots in Hindi cinema and an actor must be able to play all if he wants a long innings.

My favourite actor in the world is Richard Burton. I just think he just had everything. I probably couldn't play him, because he's got this insane quality that's like a wild animal and still sort of frail, fragile. But he's my idol.

I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera.

It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There's nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don't look like who you're supposed to be.

If there's any actor who is saying we are not insecure, they are lying, because this job is an emotional one.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.

Oh, I love Rock to death, man. He doesn't inspire me as an actor but, I mean, come on.

Well as an actor I think i try to do my best and play the characters that inspire me and challenge me.

Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch with the audience and maintain your image an actor.

I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance.

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring humanity and finding different facets of it.

I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor.

As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.

For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the film.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

As an actor, you tend to draw on your human instincts and your background, what you've gone through as an individual.