Rahul Dev Quotes

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

I don't pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

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

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously.

I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play.

I try to shy away from playing cranky people, but if it's just a funny next-door neighbor or business man, I'll say, 'Sure, why not?'

It's only when I feel that I can do justice to a character that I take up a film.

I want to do challenging roles which will create an interest among the audience.

I have always chosen to portray roles which inspired me and mostly that I enjoy it in the first place.

I play characters that allow me to do lot more than just be a glamorous heroine.

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.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I want to play good characters, not glamorous ones.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

I've had the opportunity to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, "For what reason? Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark?" I don't want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically, and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait until we find the right stuff.

If you do a scene the right way, you can go home at the end of the day and really feel like you accomplished something.

'Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you'll do it, even if it's only five minutes on screen.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.