Divya Dutta Quotes

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles if you play a certain type of character but I don't want to do that.

'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.

I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly 'Scrubs' guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possible... to try and do something you haven't necessarily been seen doing before.

I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.

As an actor, I do not want to stick to a particular route.

I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.

I was doing well for myself and wanted to play different roles and not just be happy portraying glamorous characters.

I remember on my very first film, which Steven Soderberg executive-produced, he said, 'Try not to repeat yourself. Do things that scare you.' Even if it's a challenge, I want people to say that this guy tried this thing. Hopefully he learned from it.

I've always wanted to explore different types of roles and prove to others that Divyanka is not all about being a timid dulhan.

I think people sometimes have a hard time placing me because I don't fit into a box. When they ask what I do at a cocktail party, I either say I'm a Renaissance woman or I'm a high-level madam. Lately I've been more comfortable saying I'm an artist, because that can cover a lot of different things.

I have always been rebellious, but that is because I've wanted to do different things, try out new things.

I'd love to just continue making original films from scratch, but it doesn't mean I won't try my hand at something else in the meantime.

They see you as one thing, and you continue to do that. Do you want to play this really awkward, offbeat outsider? Yeah. I can - but I can do other things. It's having people trust that you can do other things, or proving it to them.