Vivek Oberoi Quotes

My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.

I don't think I auditioned for 'Ghostbusters II'.

I get to play a killer next.

I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.

Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television.

Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.

I wanted to become an actor so I didn't have to put on a suit and sell insurance.

It's my dream to play Ratna Pathak Shah's daughter in a film.

If my role in a film is meaty, and I get a good song along with it, then why not?

When I was 16, my friends were in a drama group, and they asked me to join. I said no, I'm not interested, that it's not really for me.

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I just did a part in 'Sin City 2.' I got to do a scene with Ray Liotta. Amazing man, extraordinary gentleman who was just so kind to me... I'm so excited about that; I think it's gonna be very cool.

Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.

I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the future. I think those actors are amazing, and they are my favourite actors by far.

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.

In every movie I do have a dialogue.

When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that you look forward to, lines that jump out like a jack-in-the-box; you're thinking: 'Wait till you hear this.'

I'd like to act in a film without special effects.

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

There are projects I've done, such as 'Queen,' where I played Halle Berry and Danny Glover's son, where I'm so extremely proud of the work that I did that I will sit down and watch that any time.