Katey Sagal Quotes

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it!

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.

With movies, it's 10 or 12 or sometimes even 24 weeks, if it's a massive movie, to live within a character. But with a show that's successful, if you start in the first or second season and go until the end, you're always finding new elements of your character that are being added in because you start to live in them as human beings.

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

My first professional acting job was on 'Boss'. My first acting job was basically my first acting class. I had to show up on set prepared and knowing my lines. Also, I got a chance to work with a living legend, Kelsey Grammar - that gave me hands on experience.

After being signed for 'Madras Cafe,' I joined Jogi Singh's acting classes, where I learned the basic nuances.

Working with any senior actor is a learning experience, so getting to work with a thespian like Kamal Hassan was a memorable one.

Actors are adults playing hide-and-ego-seek.

Before acting offers came by, I dabbled in theatre under the aegis of the late thespian Dinesh Thakur. He was instrumental in honing my acting skills.

As an actress, I want to live many lives on-screen.

Acting I never worried about, but it's so strange that on-camera work is so much more technical than theatre work, which I would have never thought in a million years.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

I was new to acting before my role in 'Madrasapattinam.'

I am happy to be part of 'Sajjan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo.' This character is something that I have not done before.

A lot of time, the characters I've played in the past kind of come out in me in situations when it's very useful.

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to do. But after I began to act, I grew as an artiste.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

I never attended any acting school, though I've done theatre workshops a couple of times, and it has been an extremely enriching experience. But beyond that, I don't want to acquire the skills of acting and use them on camera. I'd rather learn on the job.

The experience with 'The Knick' is a singular experience. That experience taught me a lot about acting and about being on camera for extended periods of time to try to create a character arc that travels.

I never did any acting in school. There was only one play in which I participated and it had no dialogues for me.

There is a big difference between performing in WWE before thousands of people in an arena and acting in a scene with a camera close-up on your face.

I am not that cute. However, because I had played so many cute characters, I am starting to be influenced by them.

When I entered the film industry, I didn't know anything about acting.