Huma Qureshi Quotes

There is work, and there is pleasure; acting is pleasure.

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

I noticed the drama majors on campus when I was at Notre Dame. They just seemed to be freer spirits than the rest of us. There was joy in their work; they were the only ones studying something whose work made them happy. I envied that.

I'm in this wonderful place of life, where everything I'm doing is something I do because I enjoy it.

I just keep on playing what I love.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

I'm living the life of liberty, happiness and pursuit.

I'm having fun. I'm being myself. I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters.

You have to have the fire in your belly. I'm having more fun now with acting than I did when I first started out, because I'm doing it just because I really enjoy it. I'm not trying to "make it" anymore. I'm not trying to be anything, you know? The biggest this and that for anybody. I'm just enjoying it.

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have wanted only one thing to make me happy, but wanting that have wanted everything.

Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.

The process of acting, not necessarily the business of acting, but the actual doing of it in the moment is my greatest kind of personal passion, the thing that brings me alive the most. Also, my two children.

I need to write to be happy.

I think I've always had to pick and choose whatever I want to work on. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing, it's probably not going to end up that interesting.

I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

Even on the worst days I am without a doubt still happier doing this than I am doing anything else. On acting.

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.

Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.