Eve Arden Quotes

In films, maybe I was lost or typecast.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get out. There's a lot of leading actors who are not good for a lot of a movie, and then suddenly they have good moments, and they're like stepping-stones across a particularly feisty stream. They build careers out of that.

I hope to land roles where my presence is carried on throughout the film. I'm looking forward to taking on a role with a complicated backstory and yet someone who refuses to lose sight of hope. I know that it will happen someday.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I always seem to get parts where I play the sports professional - and that's not me at all!

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the soda jerk or the friend of a friend.

Most parts I've played since 'Naked,' I can barely remember who they were, let alone repeat any lines.

I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor.

I have always got interesting roles in Malayalam cinema.

I would love to do all kinds of roles, but a dream one would be something like what Rani did in 'Black.'

It has happened with me that I get a role of a cop for a film. Few directors typecast you if you do that particular role well. But, it is the actor who has to decide whether he fits in that role or not.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.

I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.