Vivek Oberoi Quotes

I want to do more films - not just comedies, because I really want to show my range.

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real. On the comedy side, I'd love to do something like '21 Jump Street.' I cannot stop watching that movie. Really funny, really extreme comedies are definitely my favorite.

I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

I like drama. My first movie that I did, 'Soul Survivors', was a drama, and I'm just drawn to that; that's sort of my forte.

I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.

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

To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.'

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving.

'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.

I'm just first of all looking for a part that's well written and speaks to me.

I have the same criteria for choosing roles as I have always had: fantastic writing and complicated characters.

I love doing the nighttime soap, the emotional, psychological, hard stuff that I got to tackle on 'Hannibal.'

I don't mind doing glamorous roles, comic roles, weekly shows, or something different from what I've done earlier.