Raveena Tandon Quotes

I don't want to get stuck playing the same character over and over again.

Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

There are fewer roles, and I've done so many things already that I don't want to repeat, so to find something you haven't done is harder. I don't want to play a country singer again.

No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices.

My priority as an actor is just to be doing different kinds of roles. I say no to anything I have done before.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

I've always basically done everything that's been offered to me. I'm one of the few actors who enjoy working a lot.

I love to get involved with projects that take me out of my comfort zone. I try to do things that are not necessarily what I'm used to. I always wanted to do a big animation movie and stick to the codes that this genre sometimes implies.

I never want to get tied to one project or be in one TV show forever.

I think every actor can agree that when you've been playing a certain character for awhile - no matter what that role is - it's always attractive to try something that's different.

I really chose a path after 'Grown Ups' of doing different things that I hadn't tried before, and just trying to take on those challenges.

I think I found roles which weren't the roles I thought I'd be doing but they were the kind that brought me where I never imagined myself to be.

As an actor, I don't want to do something which I have already done before.

I think it is important to keep redefining yourself as an actor with the roles you do and, at the same time, create diversity in your body of work.

I really don't want to make the same film twice, so I am conscious of going after material that is significantly different to anything I've done before.

I choose my work based on what is offered to me. If I see if my role can change the way the show will shape up, I come on board. If me being there in a show will make no difference, then I won't bother being part of it. I am inclined to do things that I haven't done before.

It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

I am lucky to get different roles.

I didn't have a huge amount of on-camera experience before 'Fleabag.' It has definitely changed me as an actor. I remember the actor I was before; I felt stifled by the industry and the boxes people tried to put me in.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.

No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I'm all for it.