Kal Penn Quotes

Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

I haven't really had that many opportunities to play 'lead' so I guess I jumped at the chance. I have also never done any 'sci-fi' projects and thought it might be fun.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

With movies, it's 10 or 12 or sometimes even 24 weeks, if it's a massive movie, to live within a character. But with a show that's successful, if you start in the first or second season and go until the end, you're always finding new elements of your character that are being added in because you start to live in them as human beings.

I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can gain just from reading the story, as well as the script, are so massive that it's something you just can't put down.

'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?

I have done so many films in which either I have been the main lead or part of the supporting cast.

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

It would be interesting to explore an opportunity if Hindi filmmakers think I can fit into any character in a film.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

One of the first auditions I had in New York was for a commercial where I had to go in and audition to be a snake charmer... It was either some bank commercial or something where they wanted a guy charming a snake... I remember they wanted to know if I actually knew how to snake charm.

One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

Yeah, I do get to do some theater occasionally. I don't get to do it as much as I would like to.

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

The thing about 'On the Doll,' I was doing 'Nip/Tuck' at the time, and I was doing only 5 or 6 scenes an episode. So I had some free time, and I wanted to do something completely different than what I've ever done before.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

The only way to describe my involvement in 'Planes' is that it's an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I can't imagine anything getting better than that!

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.