Swara Bhaskar Quotes

Before I started acting, I'd never wear makeup.

I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

Understand that I had no concept of what being an actor was like when I was a kid - but I wanted to be an actor. Dressing up and being other people seemed like so much fun, but I didn't know what was involved.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'

Acting is just a job at the end of the day, and it's a very strange one.

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

Modeling is a lot of fun, but I prefer acting. It's so much fun to get to play different characters and transform into someone else for a while.

I'm just an actor, that's nothing special.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.

I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.

Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.

Being an actor, I've thought about being in the male gaze.

As a professional actor, you have to do a lot of things and a steamy number is just one of them.

One of the many joys of being an actor is to understand the human psychology.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

Acting is the way I make my living.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.'