Tabu Quotes

I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me; I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.

My favorite on screen moments are when you are really there and you know you're creating something. That's so exciting... it's why you come to work.

Every time I look through the lens with Denzel, I'm like a 12-year-old kid. It's hard for me to look at the monitor because the fun is in watching him.

I try to direct myself the way I direct the other actors who come on my show.

For me to take a role, I read a script, and I think, 'Wow, I don't know how I'm going to do this, but I want to try.'

It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.

Working with Aamir Khan was awesome. There's so much one can learn from him.

It is always good to perform with an actor who is good and inspires you to do better.

I have always accepted films based on what my role is. Of course, I do look at who is playing the lead opposite me, the producer and the director.

When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.

It's always a really great thing to have an actor that does make you want to up your game. It naturally motivates you to do and try things that maybe you wouldn't necessarily do or try.

It's usually the exact same three things which are, the Scripts, the Director and the Role those are the three things I look for and really any two of them, If I get two of them that's usually enough, but definitely those are the things I look for.

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

I never dreamed of dancing on television or anything like that. It's more of things that come along that excite me and inspire me.

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.

I try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a little bit of that extra special out of you.

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.