Tamannaah Quotes

Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do.

I am continuing to do lead roles and that is where I am actually headed, but doing cameos is also a fun experience.

I have been offered so many parts in movies and I just think it's so outrageous as I've never really done acting or things like that.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that.

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.

I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but surely I got roles.

But it's a strange thing when people judge you because you're not doing some big Hollywood film. Are you suggesting I should be in 'The Dukes of Hazzard?' I mean, hello?

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

I have no illusions of being the big box office draw. But I would like to have some choices.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

I want the chance to play very different characters, and I've always wanted to do more films.

I'm not interested in going to casting after casting, trying to get into that game. So there is a part of me that knows that I will do more characters, even if I have to produce those projects myself to get those projects out there. If the right characters come along, I would love to. I would jump at the chance.

In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.

I've been in more than 20 movies. You just do the best you can and try to make a living.

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

I get cast a lot of times in movies with nice people for some reason - because I have a nice face or something.

If I wasn't an actress and I wasn't Stifler's mom, my life would be so dull.