Prabhu Deva Quotes

After 'Baby Doll,' I did some Westerns. I would try to do something so far away from 'Baby Doll.'

I love action, so I would really love to get into doing more action movies.

I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did.

I'm not going to work outside of genre. It's going to be horror, action, or sci-fi. I don't ever really see myself being interested in movies outside of that.

I don't enjoy doing over-the-top action entertainers.

I am not considering shifting my image from action to comedy or romantic comedy. I have done or am doing films which are action-oriented: comedy roles and romantic-comedy roles.

Ultimately what I want to do, I want to go back and do some more action movies.

I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

I want to do comedy films, serious films - I admire the actors who fly under the radar but get loads done, pop up in a lot of good films.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before.

I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

I do love doing action, but if I can balance the scale by doing other kinds of films that satisfy my creative ambitions, that feels really important.

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.

I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.

I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven.

I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

I'd love to be in action movies. I've been trying to convince people. I don't think it's anything physical holding me back. I think it's a general vibe thing that's holding me back. I don't project action confidence, maybe.

I would love to do more horror films.

After I did 'Brooklyn,' I did about five or six violent films in one way or another, and not always with me being the bad guy, but something violent about it to keep the street cred up, really.

I always go into a character thinking, 'If it scares me, I can do it.'

Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films.