Tamannaah Quotes

You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a movie.' I look at it more like: does this role has a kind of urgency for me in terms of, 'Can I not say no to it for whatever reason?'

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it.

I have the same criteria for choosing roles as I have always had: fantastic writing and complicated characters.

I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small.

I will not accept a role just because a big hero stars in it. I am not here to merely dance, run around trees, and be a glam doll.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

My cinema is of a different kind: give me a good meaty role instead of two or three songs and running around in foreign locations wearing itsy-bitsy costumes. I'm clear and focussed about my priorities.

I always try and do good films.

It has happened with me that I get a role of a cop for a film. Few directors typecast you if you do that particular role well. But, it is the actor who has to decide whether he fits in that role or not.

I don't plan or schedule my career thinking first I will play a common man, then a police officer, then a superhero. I love good scripts, and I don't care if I play the main part in it or not. I want to be a part of good films. That's my dream... 'Jacobinte Swargarajyam' was that film for me.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

No doubt, my role in 'Urumi' has been one of my best so far. It surprised me as an actor and made me more confident.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.