Quotes about Acting

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

Crying does not equal good acting.

I love acting in Tamil cinema. I have decided quite consciously to do at least one good film every year in Tamil.

When you're working in front of the camera, there are always things that occur to you after the director has said 'Cut.' I could probably, if I sat down and thought about it, come up with instances where I wished I had made this particular choice or that particular choice.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

I'm nothing like Romeo in real life.

I like very much to do movies.

Acting is all about reacting. When you look into the eyes of your co-star and there is truth in his eyes, giving a reaction becomes so much easier.