Thalaivasal Vijay Quotes

My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible.

Whatever it is that I feel, I express it! I am free with my joy, my laughter, my pleasure, my pain, and I am blessed in that way as an actress that I can access those feelings within myself and not be ashamed to show whatever that is that's appropriate for the character.

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

With every character, I just bring something that I can make my own.

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

I have a lot of opinions. I express them in 'Mr. Show' very clearly, I think. I feel like both David Cross and I felt like that show reflected each of us pretty wholly.

I think being in touch with your emotions is very key as an actor, and I think experiencing life is the only way to be in touch with your emotions.

Modelling asks you to be conscious of your outer self, but with acting, you have to let that go.

When you're in front of the camera, you have to try to create different emotions because even the person making pictures of you needs inspiration. To be 'you' means nothing - you can be so many yous.

I think as an actor, you have to make yourself vulnerable to emotions.

I feel the dams of emotions open up more easily when one is acting.

The worst frame of mind to be in is what the fans like or what the fans want, because then you lose the authenticity of who you are as an artist and who you are as a person.

Everything evolves naturally in life. It's not limited to beauty or music. The more experience you get, the more you find out about yourself. Everything becomes more and more an expression of the real you. I can play different characters. Sometimes I feel tomboy or glam or playful. When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

I don't want to look exactly the same in everything I do. And if I'm not identifiable, then that can be a blessing or a curse. But I'm fine with it. Because at the end of the day, I'm still working, and I'm enjoying what I do.

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.

If I feel something, it's how I feel. I never say, 'I feel this way, so you should feel that way.' Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I just am who I am. But, yeah. I think you would call me a feminist.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

Directors tell me what to do, and I kind of just put my own twist to it, just to get inside my personality that everybody doesn't really get to see - my off-the-court interests and the way I act. It's just me.

Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.

I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.