Hrithik Roshan Quotes

It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like that on screen.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.

When you do action stuff and sci-fi stuff, you have a lot to hide behind - the hair and the makeup and the special effects. But when you play a normal girl, it's challenging because you have to trust yourself.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

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

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

My acting career began on the streets of New York. When I was a cop, I played many impressive roles, from derelict to a doctor, and my life often depended on my performance.

Most of my training at graduate school was geared towards drama, so I feel good about it, and I can do it, but it requires a lot more work from me. I feel like with drama... well, with all acting, really, you need to honor the truth of the situation.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.

I think sometimes you can think up a story, but it's because you're comfortable doing that, but when you're an actor, one of the things that you have to do is take yourself out of your comfort zone.

Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front of you.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.