Chevy Chase Quotes

I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to have more options.

After 'Pithamagan,' I took a break scouting for good offers.

Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

I'm not averse to being in big commercial films.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling... lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

Terry Malick offered me three parts in 'The Thin Red Line.' I was busy shooting other movies while he asked me the first two.

I hope through 'The Family Man,' I get some good offers.

I do not get that many offers in commercial cinema, to be very honest.

I could have earned lots of crores by doing hundreds of more 'Rangeela' that came my way.

I want to be in R-rated movies.

I was offered Vicky Kaushal's role in 'Lust Stories,' which I had declined.

Like any other actor, I want to work with good directors, and I always look for good scripts. I've had to say no to some people; I suspect that's the reason I'm called arrogant.

Once I wanted to get into films, I took my time about it because when I first got to Bombay, I gave my photos and CDs to all the production houses. But the roles that came my way were the 'typical white girl dancing in the background' kind of roles, which I was not too interested in, or it was advertisements.

If I am offered good roles, I will definitely be back in Malayalam, anytime.

If there's an interesting role that comes up as a great support role in a decent picture, then I'll do that.

I'm not one of those actors where filmmakers that I admire ask me to be in their movies. I meet them at parties and they're nice to me, but they never ask me to work with them.