Hansika Motwani Quotes

I've been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained.

I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

I tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft.

I might take a little time off from school to train. I'd be a totally different animal if I trained full time.

I knew my priority was acting, and school came second. If I had an audition and meetings, I did the school work later.

I'm getting the training I need to progress as an actor. If something comes up and I have to drop, I'll drop.

I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.

Muhlenberg is the school that made me and shaped me into the actor I am today.

For me, family and football are the most important things. They are in the same level.

Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world.

For a long time, I played for me, for my career.

I want to better myself with every film. My goal is to be at the highest level someday, and I know I will get there, too. I have strong work ethics.

I wake up every morning, and I go to ballet class no matter what's going on the night before. That's my priority, and that's what makes me feel sane and not removed from the realities of my world.

But I'm professional: if I need to do extra training I do extra training.

What the School for the Arts taught me was a great work ethic. They showed me - not just taught me - that if you work hard, you can see the effects. They gave me that lesson, and I have used it at every stage of my life. And I am still using it now in my new role on 'The Walking Dead.'

In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special commitment to acting.

I'm confident to say that if you want to grow in a profession, consistency is the key… I'm strict about my work goals and training.

I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.

Football is an important part of my life, but not everything.

I am constantly working.

You would want to play in every game if possible, but I am realistic.

It was always academic first, and I always put school work before football - although I did put a lot into football!

Up to 30 years old, I was carried by natural talent, combined with a good level of professionalism. But since turning 30, I've gained a desire to sweat in the real sense of the word, to understand where I need to improve. Competitiveness, now, is essential.

I was always about working. I like working. I don't like being unemployed. I love acting.