Madhur Bhandarkar Quotes

I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a wonderful talent: Paul Giamatti. I would love to do a whole movie with Paul Giamatti.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

I'm in this new Showtime series called 'Ray Donovan.' I play this guy Stu Feldman who runs Paramount Pictures, so the total opposite to this character.

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.

I always wanted to go into acting.

I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a big mass. You remember the costumes because you remember how you felt - that Western I did with Kevin Costner where I wore the big hat and the two guns, I remember that.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.

Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot.

I want to be in a musical. I love music, and just to be able to mash the music and the acting together, it would be just incredible.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

I don't think I've ever done a real mini-series, but I love doing film first and foremost.

Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.

Everything motivates me to do my work. Has anyone seen me in any commercial or in anything that is not related to the films? No, because filmmaking and acting is my only work.

I have been in the industry for five years and would love to play a historical character.

I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief.

I just hope to keep doing film and TV and eventually Broadway. It's definitely what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I've always wanted to do a feature film, because, as a model, you have to play so many different characters.

I never thought that a time would come that someone will write a story keeping me in mind, or a producer will invest crores of rupees on a film that I will carry on my shoulders.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.