Lalla Ward Quotes

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

I love playing 'Madame Vastra.' Although I do suffer, spending three-and-a-half hours in make-up every morning to have her lizard skin put on. I was so excited the first day when we did the make-up test, but after six hours, I was like, 'Can we finish now?'

I always do what the character demands, and I love to experiment with my looks.

The goal, when you're playing a character that's super beloved from a movie, is to honor what the actor before you has done and then really just expand, which is what you get to do in a musical because you have songs, choreography, and everything is happening in real time.

The bikini scenes in 'Billa' were vital because they showed me as a seductress. I'd like to say here that outfits define a character and help an actor, say, 30 per cent, the rest depends on one's histrionic skills.

I want to do content-driven film, powerful roles which I've never done before.

I believe that music videos give us an opportunity as actors to play a different character.

I have always donned different looks going with the requirement of the roles I played.

If I love the story, and if I really connect with my character, I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to try new characters, to be someone that I'm not like. I like trying new emotions and being new characters. That's the thing about acting: You can be so many things!

De Niro didn't gain all that weight to play Jake La Motta just to prove he could get fat - every single one of those transformative things is grounded in the character.

I think that the two worlds of fashion and acting world have a lot of common things, because we all build a character.

In 'Brothers,' I am going into a zone that is something that I have not done. It's a very simple and desi character. It's also a character that I think a lot of people would not have expected me to do.

As actors, that has been challenging for us to pick up the nuances of the living legends we are playing.

In my forthcoming movie 'Jerry,' I play a funny character, where there is scope for me to perform. I hope people would appreciate my performance. Hence forth I would concentrate on doing variety of roles, rather than appearing in skimpy costumes.

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.

A lot of actors would tell you that they'd rather play the villain than the hero. When you're the character, there are no repercussions. So there is a kind of liberating feeling about saying certain things to certain people - and I think that it's always quite satisfying to do that.

Denzel had made it apparent that he wanted me to bring my own interpretation of 'Cory'. I was definitely aware of Courtney B. Vance's performance in the original production, as well as that of Chris Chalk, who performed the role onstage with my cast back in 2010.

When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice.

When a role involves physical transformation, it helps build the character better.

Playing a villain would be great.

I would love to do regional cinema, provided the role is exciting enough and artistically challenging.

The whole novelty and challenge of playing twins is something that has kept things wonderfully fresh for me. Just the pure joy and freedom of being able to explore so many facets of not just one, but two, different characters at once is a very singular experience.

'Insaaf' gives me a chance to play another challenging role after Mahesh's 'Vaastav.'

It is very easy to play a sweet girl-next-door but difficult to portray a grey character.

My main agenda as an actor is just to spend time with my characters - I am really glad that the roles being offered to me is very versatile.