Soha Ali Khan Quotes

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

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Good scripts are hard to find.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as 'The Slap' has, that's great. The sense I get is that it's not about me or my performance. More than anything it's the subject matter that people are focused on.'

It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.

Theatre is highly satisfying in terms of words. You get to speak in monologues; words drive the action.

With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

It's all about story and character with me, and I don't care if the job is on daytime or prime time or the web. Hey, give me a good character and someone to listen, and I'll do my acting on a street corner.

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

You know, I remember watching Morgan Freeman when he did the two Alex Cross movies, and he's so confident that he's going to knock the scene dead. And I'm really confident that I can tell a good story now, so I just don't worry about things.

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to myself, 'I want to do that.'

As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.

I like projects in which I can really act and not be me all the time.