Karishma Tanna Quotes

Soap operas were my first professional experiences, and I always knew I was eager to explore a lot more work in a lot more arenas.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I'm always looking for a good role.

I realized I really enjoyed theatre, so I did shows up in Seattle like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lost in Yonkers.'

I love doing both theater and television.

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

The theater is the reason I am an actress.

I'm basically an actress, not a comedienne, and if something comes along that appeals to me, I'll do it.

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

It's been good and a nice chance to work with some great actors and actresses - Natalie Anderson, Jeff Hordley, Emma Atkins, Charley Webb and Dominic Power.

Coming up through the theater in America, while I have had success, I have had success in certain types of roles.

It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera.

I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.