Aarti Mann Quotes

I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.

I started with commercials - for shampoo, pancakes, insurance, Volvo. I did a Lux soap commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker. And I got a role in an indie film called 'Satellite' that did well in festivals.

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

Commercials are art, too; they're 30-second movies starring people like me. If you look down on the medium, you're never going to book. If you don't love it, do not bother. Find another job you like.

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

I can think of doing TV shows if the money is good.

I want to go wherever there's great work. I'm a huge fan of film primarily. But you can get a great TV show and get attached to it. Making a great film is forever, though, so I always want to be part of film. It's my first love.

I got my SAG card doing a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial in Chicago.

I would love to go into musicals. I got a chance to sing in 'Big Momma's House,' and that's something I would love to do more. But only in Broadway or in the movies. I don't think I would ever seek a career as a singer.

You know, I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

When you do voiceover it's such a fun job to be able to do. First of all, you can do it in your pajamas and you don't have to get dressed up for it.

Ariana Grande was on a TV show, and then she started her career singing. If I'm offered a TV show, I'm going to pursue that and then see if I can push my singing. And then if I push my singing, awesome. My biggest goal, though? Be an actress in movies. I would love to have a career like Meryl Streep's someday.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

I would love to work with Matt Damon.

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

It is hard to get good actors who also do television, ads and films. Theatre requires six weeks of rehearsal for a play.

The lazy part of me would love to do a sitcom where I could work three days a week and make a fortune.

Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it.

I started as a teenager going up on commercials.