Divya Dutta Quotes

You can't take on the qualities of a character that you'd never be cast in - and no one would ever cast you in.

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.

With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.

I'm an actor. I have to play weird characters, quirky characters, strange characters, sometimes characters I don't understand.

I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

People automatically assume that because you're an actor, you're a blank canvas 24/7. But I can't wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I'd wear what the character would wear, but the moment I'm done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

I'm not very actorish. I don't play actor 24 hours a day. When the job is done, I go on to be myself, whoever that is.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

I don't want to be the stupid blond. I want to be an actor.

To me, acting doesn't really feel that different, one job to another.

If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I've always considered myself a character actor.

I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork.

People like casting me as these characters who definitely have an edge to them, but I don't really think 'bad boy' is something anyone can say about themselves without sounding stupid.

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.