Vicky Kaushal Quotes

My whole M.O. in my 20s was being in as many different types of films as you can. Working with as many different types of directors as you can. I think, in part, that's what I wanted to do as an actor.

I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career.

The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.

I want to do only such films which will help me grow as an actor.

The audience is expecting good work from me. They want me to do roles that are unique and important in the story. So, I am trying to focus on different characters to play. I am doing the kind of films which are completely different from each other.

Every film I've done, I've tried to pick ones where I can learn.

I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as many different types of characters and as many different types of genres of movies that I can.

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing.

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

No, nothing much has changed in me as an actor. Since the day I started out, I always wanted to be part of good stories. The only thing that has changed is now I have options of good stories to choose from.

I feel lucky that I always have a number of films to choose from. I would like to come out of my comfort zone while doing various roles, and I don't want to keep repeating my characters.

I'm just trying to do all kinds of films.

My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.

For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor.

I want to work with as many directors as possible because with each director, you learn something new.

In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

I'm trying to keep a good record and do interesting movies with interesting filmmakers.

I was fortunate to work with the biggest names of the industry; I would like to continue this journey of discovering myself as an actor and keep experimenting.