Ileana D'Cruz Quotes

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I think anybody can be a good actor.

It's very hard to be a good actor, you know. It's easy to be cute.

I feel that I am a good actor.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

I don't consider myself a good actor.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

Performance is one thing which has to be good because you're an actor.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

I've never found acting that difficult.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share.

I have always been dramatic, so I think being an actress comes naturally to me. I think I am pretty good at it.