Demian Bichir Quotes

Post-'Pellichoopulu,' I received a lot of offers from Tamil industry. I decided I won't do a Tamil film unless I know the language. If I want to do it, I wanted to do it perfectly.

I kind of started 'Game of Thrones' as a really young actor and not a lot on my CV.

I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.

I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.

I was 14 years old. I did an audition for extra work as an actor, with two lines. Suddenly I was auditioning for a bigger role, and then got a part on a Portuguese TV series at age 15. My whole life changed completely.

One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

A month and a half after my first audition, I won the role on 'Lost.'

I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.

I'm glad I did South films because I feel they have moulded me. They are really loud and are in a different language, so it's not easy.

I just can't stop doing Telugu films just when I have started speaking a little better Telugu.

'Aiyyaa' was not the first film that I was offered in Hindi... it was the first film that I wanted to do in Hindi.

This will sound really funny, but I'm so used to shooting in Hindi that shooting in English took a while to get used to.

My place is cemented in Malayalam films. Malayalam is not my language and it felt alien to me. But for them, I am someone from Karnataka who could deliver.

When I did my first film, I did not understand or speak Telugu.

I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a hell of a lot different from working on an American set.

English is not my language.

Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.

For 'Supergirl,' I actually didn't audition.

Bejoy Nambiar had offered me 'Shaitaan' some years ago. But I wasn't confident about my Hindi.

When I was a bit younger, I did this tiny role on 'The Musketeers,' and I had to stay dead.

I tested against Kaley Cuoco for 'The Big Bang Theory.' Not getting that hurts.

I am an actor and I don't have any language barrier. If I get a Tamil film, I will learn the language. It's not a problem.

I've acted in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films.

I didn't have a huge amount of on-camera experience before 'Fleabag.' It has definitely changed me as an actor. I remember the actor I was before; I felt stifled by the industry and the boxes people tried to put me in.

I was inspired to become an actor from theater I'd seen, so I assumed I'd do a lot of theater. But when I left Guidhall, the first thing I did was a short film - I played the main character. And I loved it. I love working on camera. I love the smallness of it and the detail and the routine of it.