Dinesh Karthik Quotes

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

I got involved in lots of different areas round about 2007, 2008. Just working with lots of different people and stretching myself in different ways. I was working on art projects and working with other writers, just doing bits and pieces, trying to keep busy.

I do a little bit of everything.

I would want like, model-slash-actress-slash-designer-slash-mother-slash... cook! I just like having my finger in loads of pies all the time.

I always looked up to people who did more than just rap or focus on music. I'm inspired by the people who put their different talents to use and turned it into something bigger.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

The fact that I do so many things, it really nurtures me.

I'm not looking to be the King of Comedy, or the King of Hollywood. I just want to be able to keep making stuff that I'm into and have the opportunity to challenge myself with, wearing different hats.

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

I don't really know how to build a career or what to do. But I have the instinct to keep doing different things so people can see different things.

Each project, I can almost feel like I'm like a different person.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I don't know how much you know about me, but I kind of have my fingers in a lot of different pies.

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.

There comes a point when you have to be more than an actor, and doing something else that means a lot to me has actually made me a stronger actor. It's stimulated something else in my brain and heart.

I don't want to be a guy that has got one cap.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

Put on a camera and put on some whatever, and you're an actor. Put me in a cage, I'm a fighter. Put me somewhere else - I'm in an ocean, I'm a surfer. I don't know what I am, I just do it all. And I want to be good at everything.

I have always aimed for versatility.