Kunal Khemu Quotes

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.

I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

When kids were busy playing at the age of 11, I was singing for the heroine of 'Shastra.'

Without doubt, you are recognized for the last role you played.

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.

I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance.

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I'd rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do you fail, but everybody else fails, too. As opposed to when it's a supporting role and it's only you that sucked.

You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it. But my opportunities have been bigger and better.

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

To all the younglings I come across in 'Game of Thrones' who suddenly find themselves well known, I say the theatre is your best friend - they will remember you.

I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.

I never dreamed that I would be autographing Playbills.

When you're a child actor, part of you grows up really fast and part of you doesn't grow up at all.

When the audience expects you to do a good job, you become more choosy. It becomes a responsibility.

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.