Dia Mirza Quotes

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of acting.

I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.

When I read 'The Water Diviner,' I was having the same kind of visceral reaction that I would normally have acting in something. I believed that I was the only person that could tell this story the way it needed to be told. That's the real arrogance of a director!

I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.

I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.

The praise for 'Cape Fear' will help me work more artfully - I can work with real artists, like Robert De Niro and the directors, and then go to artland, which is the best land to be in in this world.

My proudest moment is when I'm part of a good film, when people are touched by it.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

It's great being an actor and being part of a play or a film where there's usually quite a big group of people who are collaborating, and your job is really to fit in and share that energy. With music, because I write the songs, it's a broader, more abstract process.

I just need good scripts, good films, and I am glad I am doing them.

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

I've enjoyed all of the roles I have played for different reasons, which is the great thing about acting. You love different projects for different reasons.

It's why we're actors: to be able to tell the stories that really matter.

The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through this real-life experience.

There is a lot of acting that is on the table - precisely, good acting. The best movies of mine are the ones that really nobody saw. The Groomsmen, Playing By Heart and Seeing Other People are by far the work I'm the most proud of.

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment.

Art imitates life. It's definitely helpful to feel that way. You feel that way when you're leading a show and you're on a set.

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.