Gautam Rode Quotes

I have no hesitation in taking up more acting assignments if good roles come.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama. The director was very harsh with me. One time, he told me this would be my first and last acting job. I seriously thought that acting was not the right career for me.

My first acting job was a Breck commercial.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.

For me, I think you make a choice what kind of actor you want to be, and then it's kind of the material you choose.

I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

I was 42 when I started to make my living as an actor.

The best phase for an actor is when he or she gets to choose what they want to play. Sometimes you do a film because the unit is good, the company is fantastic, and the intention is well placed.

I just kind of fell into acting.

As an actor, I just want to perform.

I've never consciously chased a particular kind of a film or role. I choose from what is offered.

I am a hungry actor, and I want to do good films.

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.

I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor and not something I wanted to pursue.

I didn't have any desire to be an actor until right before I did it.

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

My journey has been that of a character actor.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.