Radhika Apte Quotes

I think I'm good at playing dramatic and serious roles, but it's not necessarily what I want to keep doing.

The only thing that drives me is those different sort of roles which allow me to experiment.

Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What's incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me; I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different.

I don't mind at all venturing off to do a television movie if it's gonna give me something new to mess around in my mind, to turn around in.

I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing.

I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.

I'm game for any kind of roles as long as I find it interesting.

I definitely want to explore all different types of characters.

I want to get to experience all kinds of roles.

I am not someone who will pick just any role in order to work. I want to attempt different characters.

I have no qualms about doing any kind of role as long as it is substantial.

If I was someone who wanted to do just love-interest roles then I'd be in a difficult position. But thankfully I'm someone who likes to do things that are edgy and different.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.

I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

The thing about 'On the Doll,' I was doing 'Nip/Tuck' at the time, and I was doing only 5 or 6 scenes an episode. So I had some free time, and I wanted to do something completely different than what I've ever done before.