Nithya Menen Quotes

As an actor, we have to be so vulnerable that it's really hard to involve yourself with the other aspects of filmmaking.

As an actor, I just go off the director. I never ask how big the part is. I don't look at it from the perspective of, 'Is this going to be good for my career?' I just look for directors, and I think part of that is I knew I always wanted to be a director.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but surely I got roles.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director.

'True Grit' was fun to do, but I wasn't cut out to be an actor. I made John Wayne look so good, he won his only Oscar.

My first two or three films, all I was trying to do was look cool. That's all I knew acting was.

With movies, you come and go as an actor, especially if you are not the lead, from week to week. You don't really have a lot of time to get to know anyone, and then on to the next thing. I know a lot of actors who find fulfillment in playing an entirely new character. I like to stick with one character and create a family with the people around me.

But, as an actor, the role that I enjoyed, in terms of really understanding and appreciating this profession, was Anoop Singh's 'Qissa'.

I am a director's actress in general - I depend a lot on them.

I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small.

As a director, one of my biggest jobs is trying to see what actually works for the actor.

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.