Abhay Deol Quotes

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

Something that I really enjoy doing is creating and being a part of very different characters and very different projects.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.

I believe in giving actors the freedom to express themselves, and adding more to whatever is written.

I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.

Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

I have a passion to do theater.

Acting is the way I make my living.

I had to audition as an actor, and I got so tired of doing the same monologues over and over, so I started writing my own, and then I started selling them to other actors.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

Where I teach students in drama school, there's a course called Dramatics. In this course, all students must put on a play. However, acting majors are not supposed to act. They can write the play, for example, and the writers may work on stage art. Likewise, stage art majors may become actors, and in this way you put on a show.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

Acting is my job.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.