Actor Quotes

Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.

Storytelling is the important thing.

It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No -

I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen and I've been like, Wow, that was a really great performance. Because there are a lot of elements with film. It's not like stage. It's not a kind of performance art anymore; it's a highl

I've never been monogamous. It might happen, but it never has yet. I don't understand women, I'm off that kick.

I was, aged nine, the go-to kid in Minneapolis for a commercial voiceover.

I was a nut for Dostoevsky. You can tell a lot from what people read between those ages. My brother was a Steinbeck freak and now he lives in a little village in New Hampshire and he's a baker.

I don't have a lot of money. I get some from Mad Men. But I don't think I'm rich.

But now I feel off the grid. I feel that I am not part of the culture. And because I don't have a car I don't really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own.

And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be.

When you lead a normal life, you aren't aware of how you affect people.

It's hard to get everybody to recycle paper and plastic, let alone.

I still feel like no one knows who I am. I still feel anonymous.

I don't like to be away from my family for long periods.

The monster was the best friend I ever had.

Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it.

I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death.

A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.

Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.

India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer.

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

If you make a feelgood film which is complete candyfloss, where everybody is good and everything is beautiful and hunky dory, it won't appeal to the audience.

I ran away from my house when I was about 12 years old to audition for a film.

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.

But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.

An outsider can see some things much better.