Manisha Koirala Quotes

Yes, I am nervous before a film's release and withdraw into a shell.

I don't really have a bad premiere experience. They're exciting at first. I think, when you first get into the business, you're excited about going down the line and seeing what that's like.

Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.

Being in front of the camera was like coming home. The first time I saw myself on the big screen, it was in a trailer for 'The New Guy', and I just started screaming.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

'Stardust' ended up being my first film in 2007.

There's so many more failures than successes for actors. It's like a phobia, fear of cancellation.

Before the release of my film, small or big, the feeling is always the same.

Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can be the hero or the goat one-hundred and sixty-two times a year.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

For the most part, Hollywood is very transactional. People want to make movies and television shows.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

Sometimes movies that I'm in that I have a leading role don't necessarily get the biggest release, so it's a difficult thing between balancing indies that have uncertain futures and maybe larger films that have guaranteed releases that you have a smaller part in.

I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else.

Hugh Grant, who several times has announced that he was thinking of retiring from acting, has said that he suffers from panic attacks when the cameras start rolling.

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.

Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

I like that 'Pitch Perfect' is one of my first forays into film and just being seen in that kind of light, aside from some people who know me from 'Spring Awakening' or the other things that I've done. I think in so many ways it's kind of like my own 'Glee' or 'Smash'.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

I've done a movie and a TV series, and someday I'd like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.

Jerry Bruckheimer has made millions of dollars producing propaganda.