Tamannaah Quotes

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

I can be the girl next door, be the sexy girl, be an action girl. As an actor, this is something that people need to see.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thought that was beautiful. She just had the essence of her. To truly become someone, invoking emotions like happiness and sadness and everything in between, that's what I want to be able to do.

Being an actor I believe in doing a variety of roles so that the audience gets to see different shades of me.

I suppose I'm what you'd called a character actress, so, often, my characters are quite extreme.

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy it. I consider myself a character actor, though some think of me as a leading man. As an actor, I love shifting gears from character to character, and the more range I can expand, the better.

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

I consider myself a character actor.

Acting is what I love. I love being the chameleon, and you can't do that if you have just one physical type.

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.