Rajkummar Rao Quotes

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

I knew 'Like Crazy' would be good, I just knew it, and that's why I fought so hard to be on it.

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life.

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.

I started singing before I started tweeting, actually. It was always a passion... I started singing, and then I got into acting. Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and it's still a challenge.

After you do a play like 'The Normal Heart,' it's hard to find something you feel so passionate about.

Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.

Acting should be an end in itself.

When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.

I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors to find their way. Facilitating their performances is so satisfying for me.

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

If directors, actors and writers have the ability to drop their alpha-male egos, you will always get better work. In terms of my own demands, I actually want fewer lines. If I can lose a line and do it with my face, I'd rather do that.

I have to be invested spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically to do theater. I can't do it to make a living. I have four kids, a couple of grandkids, and two mortgages.