Raveena Tandon Quotes

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.

In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.

I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.

I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

Mature roles full of substance the kind played by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - my favourite actors - is what I want to do.

I have proved my skills as an actress who can perform both character and glamour roles and 'Uyir' would take me to greater heights.

My first mother's role was in 'Aradhana.' But after that in mid to late 1980s, I was being offered more roles of mothers.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get out. There's a lot of leading actors who are not good for a lot of a movie, and then suddenly they have good moments, and they're like stepping-stones across a particularly feisty stream. They build careers out of that.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

I've done about four deaths in films now, and I think it's quite good because then it's sort of a memorable moment in the film.

It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years.