Randeep Hooda Quotes

A good deal of my effort goes into the selection of films, because these things cannot be just predicted, so I am careful about the movies I finally do. Next year, too, I will have four or five films where I play different roles.

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.

I want to do more films - not just comedies, because I really want to show my range.

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

In the past, I've done some covering. My first show in New York, I covered three guys in 'Jersey Boys.' I think it was always something that was helpful for keeping my head on straight.

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

Hire me for the next picture. I don't have to just play down-and-out trailer trash and mean, old, wicked, old nuns. I could play a princess or a queen. That's all I wanted to do. Because campaigning does go on. It's a part of selling the film.

Before 'Scandal,' I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast. For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more 'girlfriend,' more like 'hood,' more 'urban.'

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much.

I never felt that I was typecast, but I was concerned about it. I certainly made an effort to take as many parts in theater and film that resisted that. If you only learn how to act a certain kind of role, it is very difficult to grow as an actor.

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

On television, there isn't much scope to do different roles. I try to bring some new shades to my roles, and I try to play them differently. I think I have been able to manage that pretty well.

I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

I would love to do different kind of roles and genres.

Frankly speaking, I don't want to be typecast as someone who only does negative roles.

As an actor, I love challenges.

Learning a craft is up to you, whether you are doing theatre or movies.

If you are a musician, you practise your instrument every day, but actors can't be on a set every day. Theatre is a way for me to keep practising my art form.