Shweta Tripathi Quotes

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act.

I think that the worst thing as an actor is to fall into a monotony with characters.

As an actor, you want to do something which audience don't expect from you.

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

It's nice to play a three-dimensional person every once in a while for a change of pace.

I wouldn't put myself forward to do a film like 'Changeling' if I thought I couldn't pull people into a story because of all the other ways people see me.

I like to be challenged as an actor, allowing myself to take up diverse roles. Even audiences get tired of watching their stars in similar roles over and over again.

I realized there's a difference between creating a character and sustaining a character. The challenge that comes with sustaining a character is that you have this sudden impulse to think about all the things the audience liked.

As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting.

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

Even if I do get stereotyped, I would like to think that it is more of a challenge because if you are given one character and asked to play in 10 different ways, it says more about me as an actor.

Being an actor I believe in doing a variety of roles so that the audience gets to see different shades of me.

I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.

Supernatural characters allow actors to experiment. The role isn't restricted to standing in the kitchen and crying. I love doing that, too. But I have done enough of that.

Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.

I want to do challenging roles which will create an interest among the audience.

I think people need to understand the amount of emotions I can pull off. I want films I'm offered to have these dimensions.

I've always looked for roles that were far removed from me.

The movies that I've done in the past, everybody's been like, 'Cam always gets away in a movie playing Cam.' So, like, I'm trying to step outside the box a little bit just to show my range in acting.

I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.