Rajkummar Rao Quotes

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

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.

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

Getting in and out of a character takes its own time for me.

Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your life, to piece together a person.

When you get a character that you're just starting to work on, it's the most exciting and most terrifying feeling because you have endless hours of diving in, researching, reading, and decision-making.

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

If you're good enough to play a role with emotion and universal human elements, then you'll get others coming to you.

As an actor, I'm more interested in characters the longer I have lived with them.

Whenever I read a script, I don't differentiate between a kissing scene or an emotional scene.

Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.

I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

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.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

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.