Randeep Hooda Quotes

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if I ever quite perfected it.

I like roles that people don't recognize me in.

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

A little girl thought I was mean like my character on 'Zoey,' and I convinced her that 'Logan' is just a fake character and I am really a nice guy.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down. Because when you're wearing prosthetic makeup, of course, you have to really move your face a lot more to convey things through the makeup.

I play guys who never smile, and I never stop smiling.

Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.

I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.

In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.

With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.

By being an actor, one can explore various personalities of a human being, be that person, behave and live that person's life, and then you are back to your normal life.

Sometimes you can just step into the character, and you get all your feelings and emotions just from sympathizing with her and being her. But then, other times, you just have to resort back to anything that you've been through in your own life and try to play that.