Actor Quotes

"As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies."

"I love '80s horror."

"I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being."

"To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living."

"A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that."

"To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor."

"I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad."

"I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!"

"When you boil down the real facts and statistics of what carbon dioxide is doing to this planet... to not feel like you have to do something... I don't think you're human."

"I was never really good in school."

"My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot."

"I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk."

"I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success."

"I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn't exist in real life. It's a wrong title for me."

"Creative people have no barriers. Ultimately, it's connecting with human beings. There's just one planet. I don't see it as different countries."

"The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement."

"For me, acting is not a job. It is something I love. I don't do these things for awards or rewards. I do them because I love challenges."

"I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy."

"I don't believe in strategies. I love what I am doing; that's the main thing."

"When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him."

"I understand that I'm able to connect with people; I have an emotional bonding with people. My strength lies in my ability to tell stories and to touch people's hearts and to move them."

"If the role is challenging enough, I don't see why I shouldn't play an older man or a father figure. It is not about playing what you are in real life. We are called actors for a reason!"

"If 10 people see my movie and all ten really love it, then that means a lot to me, rather than ten million people go and see it and most of them hate it."

"Many people, including me, thought it was too early for me to play a father to two grown-up daughters, but I found the script of 'Dangal' irresistible. I had to do it!"

"For me, the driving emotion of selecting a film is that I just love that story. It may give a message, it may not give a message - that's fine. I just loved it."

"Our choices are quite different: what attracts Salman and Shah Rukh are, I think, quite different from what attracts me. So in that sense, we are quite different, but I think we are fortunate to have had the kind of success that we've had."

"Essentially, it is the director who is the creative head of a film. The final authority on all decisions lies with the director. That is how it should be. And then other team members can give their creative inputs."

"My films are so new and unique that I don't know where I will end up. Fear keeps me alert. And it's also a part of an excitement."

"When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes."

"When material comes to me, I don't care where it's coming from. Japan, Singapore, China, Africa... it could be from everywhere. The material should excite me. It's not important where it's coming from."