Ayushmann Khurrana Quotes

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.

Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.

I've always wanted to do acting. The biggest thing I ever did was 'The Dirty Dozen.' My contract was for three months, but the picture was taking longer to make than they thought it would. I stayed for seven months, and Frank Sinatra told me to leave. He said the public is very fickle and that they'll forget you.

Obviously musical theatre is not my thing, but dramatic theatre is much more up my alley.

I am very instinctive. When I read a script, I think, 'Is this something I would want to watch?'

A star is different, and an actor is different. But there is an actor in every star, and they, too, look for challenging roles to satisfy the actor in them.

Films are my passion. I am here to act and entertain masses.

I ventured into cinema after theatre because I didn't want to confine myself to just one auditorium. I wanted the whole world to talk about me.

I have grown up watching conventional films. I am a huge fan.

You read a script, and you know if you need to do it.

The first-ever job I had was in a play, 'Trench Kiss,' with Caroline Quentin and Arthur Smith.

From the first audition on stage, I knew I loved acting.

On stage, you can bring all those strong emotions that you don't have the opportunity to live. You don't want to die for love every day, but on stage, you can.

I was about ten when I first got laughs playing Fagin in 'Oliver' at junior school in Offerton. It was the best feeling in the world, and I didn't want it to end.

I go to the theater and dream. You learn your lines, and that gives you the security to allow the imagination and heart to come out.

I never was fanatical about films when I was younger.

I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.

I've always done stuff on stage, so it feels very natural.

You know, it's cool to be on a show and become a fan of it while you're on it.

You might be the best Hamlet of your generation in the bathroom, but unfortunately, you have to come out and do it on stage, and it's best to do it to people who would fill the house.

I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.

I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.

Not once in my life have I done theatre. Being on stage is not my thing.

I started when I was really young. I did a lot of local theatre. I always enjoyed it.