Shruti Haasan Quotes

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.

How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees. Plus, he's a pleasure to work with, pleasure to be around.

Keerthy Suresh knows how to improvise and reworks her expression on the spot.

Mithunda is a great actor. He has done all kinds of roles simultaneously and that's no mean feat.

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.

I don't have much foresight, and I think that's an asset for an actor.

People who win awards for drama and for crying their eyes out for two hours... it's easy!

My background's Arab and I'm quite fiery, stubborn and used to shouting and expressing myself quite loudly, and Inez and I have our little fall-outs as mum and daughters do.

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.

Over-articulation kills the character because it becomes one thing and that is not how it happens in life and it is not beautiful to watch on screen either.

I've never seen Key think about how he was going to act on a song. He just is whoever he is that day.

If you are a good actor, then all you have to do is give your best shot every time when you are in front of the camera regardless of who else is around you.

When you watch me on the screen, you should not be able to recognise me. If people say, you're a natural and an organic actor, that's an insult. If you're being yourself all the time on screen, that means you don't know how to act.

My records are one thing. My live performances are something totally different because they're very improvised performances.

I don't act. I am the way I am, and choose roles that I think suit my body language.

I am spontaneous and not a method actor.

I believe every actor gets some chance or the other to show his capability.

I've never seen anyone - and I've had the opportunity to work with some really terrific actors in my time - but Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely the best I ever had the opportunity to work with.

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

I don't think talent or an instinct for acting is something you can teach.