Kratika Sengar Quotes

The expense of a screen test is one reason why it's difficult to crash Hollywood.

I got a call from somebody who used to be the president of Little Persons of America. She got called from some producers who wanted someone of a certain size in the John Hughes film 'Baby's Day Out.' So that was my big break, as the stunt double of a nine-month-old.

'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I made my film debut in 1973.

I managed to get a short film with Channel 4 Films. I cast a young actor who'd done a bit of television before, a young actor called Ewan McGregor. That was very first thing. This writer had won this competition, and I made this little short, black and white movie. I think for both Ewan and I it was the start of our careers.

I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film 'Jaan Tere Naam' as lead actor.

'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films.

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film.

I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

Occasionally I will audition for a big overseas movie, but that's it.

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

I was 40 when I did my first movie.

I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

I always knew that all it would take was for the right director to put me in a movie.