Varun Dhawan Quotes

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.'

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't. It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another.

I'm fortunate enough to pull off glamorous as well as strong, character-driven roles.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.

When you think about Broadway, you think broad and big, but the fact is there are so many plays that are very intimate, but fill a 1,500-seat house. Plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' have deep moments of silence and intimacy to them.

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

I'm a total performer.

I consider myself a character actor.

Acting is what I love. I love being the chameleon, and you can't do that if you have just one physical type.

I'm a Jack of all trades character actor, really.

In 'Seesaw,' I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I don't get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.

I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.

One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.