Michael Ironside Quotes

To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

My first films, 'Tamizhan' and 'Whistle,' showcased me in a different light - as an urbane composer.

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written good things about it.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

I've done a lot of movies, but my favorite was 'Blind Faith.'

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting.

People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.

My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.

I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say.

Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.

You might see some of the movies that I'm in where there are shades of drama or whatever, but for the most part, I don't get offered serious roles.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly.

I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an actor.

In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.