Nani Quotes

'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.

In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There were so many intellectual leaps. My character, Stick, is blind, but he can see better than most people. So I had trouble kind of finding the logic.

I just did what the script demanded from me in 'Uyir.' I felt it was indeed a challenging role for me.

There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've played a lot of guys, dudes, boys in a sense and this was a challenge for me just to play that official character.

The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed.

I was incredibly intimidated playing Lincoln Lee in the alternate universe, which was the first role I played on 'Fringe' because I was actually the head of a Fringe division and the head of a unit that was going out and I had to lead entire SWAT teams of people. I really questioned in myself, 'Can I carry that responsibility?'

I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore.

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.

I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult.

With 'Rampart,' I read it and I'm like, 'That's the best role I've ever been offered. Phenomenal.' But, I was daunted, you know? Like the concept of trying to be a cop. It's just bizarre, man. Bizarre to even think about.

I often hear actors say during their interviews: 'I want to play a crazy person, a murderer, or someone who's on edge.' But that question scares me. I mean, of course there are characters I'd like to play, but I can't really say specifically who they are. It's much too hard to play a convincing normal person as it is.

It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.

There's a great tradition of actors taking on parts of much less obvious sympathy.

Playing characters I don't relate to are a big challenge for me.

It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.

As an actor, it's very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.

I like to write about characters who are conflicted.

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

'Insaaf' gives me a chance to play another challenging role after Mahesh's 'Vaastav.'

I was never reluctant to play this character; the only thing I was scared of was that Bua might be only subjected to insults on-screen which people might start taking it in bad taste. But it turned out totally opposite.

It is very easy to play a sweet girl-next-door but difficult to portray a grey character.

It isn't often I get a part that enables me to play someone from the age of 13 up to 81.

My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character.

I think portraying the Joker's point of view would do a disservice to that character. As soon as you get inside his head he would lose so much power.