Quotes About Character

Turing was uncompromisingly honest. As soon as he didn't think you were interesting or smart, he'd just turn around and walk away, even if you were in the middle of a sentence.

When an actor gets a role, especially in series television where he really is the part, the audience never thinks of another actor playing that role. If they accept you in the role, then they can't separate the actor from the character.

I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're playing is.

TV has become long-form now. A season can be like a 13-hour film, separated into episodes, so you can analyse a character for five years and talk about the things that films used to talk about but don't any more.

I have never been of the opinion that I will only play the lead in a serial. For me, just the role needs to be good.

Honestly, the life of a serial character on television, I'd love to write an essay about it.

In the serial 'Kutumb,' I play a psychopath.

I have a sense of humor and enjoyed playing the role of Daku-amma in the serial 'Gunwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge.'

I take ethics seriously.

The best sermons are those that are lived.

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

I almost did 'Doctor Strange.' I went in to do a session to play Dormammu.

Obviously I've had my setbacks, but those have enabled me to be the man I am today.

When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.

I don't think 'Lootera' is slow paced; it's finely paced for its setting and story.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

Sexy, to me, doesn't have anything to do with beautiful.

There was always comical aspects of everything I've done, 'Playing The Field' again, I played a comical character even though it was a drama - I like the light and shade.

Yes, I have done many roles with negative shades, such as 'Awara Paagal Deewana' and 'Champion.' But in 'Ashoka,' I played a positive character.

There are so many shades of emotions that I get to play. When I read the scenes, I feel there's so much more to Kavya.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

Shakespeare feels very natural to me.

People either say 'I am famous for playing football' or some might say 'I am famous for not shaking someone's hand' but I would like people to get to know me for who I am.

I've always been attracted to more than just the way a woman looks and the way she's shaped.