Jasmin Bhasin Quotes

I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters.

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

My dream is to play ordinary characters. I have no interest in playing a pretty girl or an NRI girl.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career.

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person.

As actors, we often look for the scene, big moments that say, 'This is why you have to do this role.'

It's a dream to be able to just play a multi-faceted character.

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.

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

I just did what the script demanded from me in 'Uyir.' I felt it was indeed a challenging role for me.

I go by the content of the script and not the length of the role.