Harshvardhan Rane Quotes

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.

The better the acting is, the harder it is to see what the process is.

I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

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

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

There's no one more willing to do something than an actor when it comes to perfecting a scene.

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

When you're shooting you go to references in your mind. You think about how you should stand in these particular clothes, or how you should move. You think about the different characters you're playing, really.

Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants.