Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that.

There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.

I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

After doing films like 'Krrish,' 'Bang Bang,' and 'Mohenjo Daro,' 'Kaabil' is one film where you can't lie at all. You can't be a hero. You have to be real. You have to be yourself. So that was a challenge.

People automatically assume that because you're an actor, you're a blank canvas 24/7. But I can't wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I'd wear what the character would wear, but the moment I'm done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.

Every character I play is me.

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

I feel that I'm sort of playing me but more feminine, and to me more feminine means smarter.

I think every role you take on, you should take on the responsibility of doing the best representation of that person or that character or that role. When it is a human being that has actually existed, and it is a person that people know of, yeah, you feel an even more amount of pressure to do a good job.

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.