Saqib Saleem Quotes

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

I grew up on a set and saw my family doing it and thought, 'I can do that too.'

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

I was playing a relatively high level of hockey, and I thought that's what I wanted to do. But I had my first movie audition, and I was hooked.

I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.

My aunt put my cousins into a children's modelling agency, then my mum did it with us. Me and my sister got a few TV adverts, which was good pocket money. A director saw photos of me and asked me to do a short film.

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist.

Acting is not in the blood. My parents weren't actors, but I imagine that if you've been brought up with actors, you have a lovely time at home and just want that to carry on.

Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He thought I was this actress living in New Orleans and it was my first job.

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

I have nothing against the film industry, but my mom asked me to do anything but act.

It isn't easy to break into Bollywood. But that's not my goal.

I thought I would be an extra one time in a movie. And I would have been happy with that.

In fact, I just play a glamour doll in 'Vijayendra Varma,' for the first time in my career.

I fell into acting by going to a callback for J.C. Penney with my two older brothers when I was 4 1/2 years old. The casting director saw me and asked to bring me in the room with them. The three of us ended up booking the commercial!

There is no set way of getting a role - you don't give an exam, score well, and then nail a film.

I was working as a software engineer in Infosys. I quit because I lost interest in it. I had a group of friends who wanted to make it big in films, and that's when the audition for 'Malarvady Arts Club' happened. I got selected, and it opened the doors to my dream world.

I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'

I would love to be an actress!

I was always goofing around. I suppose having a father who was an actor made you think that it was a real possibility as a career.

I was rejected for many-many films.

When I got 'Youth,' I also got a small role in 'Star Wars.' I didn't know what to do. I decided to choose based on the character.

I never planned to be an actress.