Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

My dream is to produce a generation of actors who realise what the function of an actor in a movie is supposed to be.

There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I've grown older, I've realised that acting isn't an end in itself. You act to communicate something, and if you have to use an accent or become thin or fat, that's part of your job.

I know my limitations as an actor.

I would play the lead role in films which have scripts that suit me.

A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.

The scripts that I take should be solid in terms of content; only then will my inability as an actor not show up on the screen.

I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.

No actor can rise above the script of the film.

A career in film didn't seem like something I could attain. Whereas I grew up next to New York City, and I spent my life going into New York City seeing plays, and I was a theater actor in school. Acting on the stage felt really natural to me, and I liked it, and I wasn't terrible at it.

Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.

I was not wary of playing a mother on screen but wasn't sure if I could do justice to it. Would I be able to showcase that kind of overpowering love without being a 'real' mother?

Everyone said how brilliant of Tom Conti to be in bed in 'Whose Life Is it Anyway?' and only have his head to act with. He should be so bloody lucky. I'm not for a moment disputing that Tom Conti is an absolutely brilliant actor. But he should be so lucky to be stuck upstage in the spotlight, with everyone focused on him.

If you want to deliver as an actor, you need to know the language. If you don't know what you are mouthing, how will you perform? For me, it is important to know the language.

I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

I want people to know I'm a good actress.

I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable.

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

When I read the script for 'War Horse,' I was in absolute tatters.

I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.

You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.

As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this creature, this woman because I'm looking at magazines and I'm reading comics, and I'm asking people that are avid readers of The Guardians.

I think the better you know yourself as a person, the better an actor you can be.

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.