Roop Durgapal Quotes

Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play crazy people who are very well written.

These people I play are not usually wish-fulfillment characters.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on, but for me, it's about playing interesting characters and not just two-dimensional ones.

I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I play characters that allow me to do lot more than just be a glamorous heroine.

I am sure that I don't want to take up stupid roles. And by stupid, I refer to those which doesn't have any sense. A role should have some life in it, right?

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

I feel I should never do passive characters. They don't work for me.

Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

As actors, we want to choose somebody who has conflicts. I can't be always playing the girl next door. What's the challenge in that?

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination.

I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that.

I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable.

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me.

I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.

I try to shy away from playing cranky people, but if it's just a funny next-door neighbor or business man, I'll say, 'Sure, why not?'