Nithya Menen Quotes

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

I just did what the script demanded from me in 'Uyir.' I felt it was indeed a challenging role for me.

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being an actor, I'll take any role, whether it's supporting or leading.

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well.

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.

But, as an actor, the role that I enjoyed, in terms of really understanding and appreciating this profession, was Anoop Singh's 'Qissa'.

I loved my role in 'Learning to Drive.' It was so different.

Mature roles full of substance the kind played by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - my favourite actors - is what I want to do.

For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

My cinema is of a different kind: give me a good meaty role instead of two or three songs and running around in foreign locations wearing itsy-bitsy costumes. I'm clear and focussed about my priorities.

Ultimately, cinema is an actor's medium.

I am open to any good script and the character I can do justice to.

It has happened with me that I get a role of a cop for a film. Few directors typecast you if you do that particular role well. But, it is the actor who has to decide whether he fits in that role or not.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.