Radhika Apte Quotes

Pretty much everything that I pick, when it comes to choosing roles, is just based on things and materials that grabs me. It's pretty much the subject matter that I gravitate towards.

It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not.

You can't sit here and try to predict what kind of character I'm going to be drawn to next. At the time when I read 'The Girl on the Train,' it wasn't like I was, 'Ooh, I want to play a hot mess next.'

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.

I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him.

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Well, my favorite roles so far are Lucas and Lost Boys.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.

The first time I played a killer, in the 1997 film 'Mojo,' I went to my local video shop and got out a video of real executions and a history of the Third Reich. The guy in the shop was giving me a look. I thought this would help, but I don't think it made any difference, and I don't want to see any more executions.

In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.

Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.