Manini Mishra Quotes

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad.

I've been really fortunate in the fact that I've gotten a chance to do a real wide range of all different kinds of characters.

If I ideally can, I'd do a comedy, and then I would do something where I'm a mental patient, and then I'd go back and do a comedy so I can continue to express myself in different ways.

I want to play many different characters.

I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.

I've been blessed. Starting with Steppenwolf Theater and onward, learning from wonderful actors and getting to play with wonderful actors.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

My first big break was 'White Chicks.' I had only been acting for about two years and I certainly didn't feel like I was ready for such an opportunity. It could only be the hand of God blessing me. I accept everything I'm given with great appreciation.

I enjoy working on new, different types of characters. Playing a range is what excites me.

I have been fortunate enough to be offered characters and projects that challenge me and that are different from the characters that I have played.

I'm fortunate to have got the opportunity to play interesting characters.

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.

But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play!

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.