Anita Hassanandani Reddy Quotes

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.

I am happy with my role in 'Taxiwala.' It gave me a chance to do a character that was fun. I didn't have to agonize over every scene.

I really love being a character actor.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.

I've been really fortunate in the fact that I've gotten a chance to do a real wide range of all different kinds of characters.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page.

I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad.

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.

For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

I would have preferred to have been in a film where I could've been more authentic or more human, where the dialogue and my approach to the part could have been more real.

I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.

I've only ever done out-and-out serious roles. I've played, like, five serial killers.

I loved doing 'Dead Like Me.' That role was phenomenal to me.

For acting, if there's a strong female role and there is that action element, for me that just feels really natural.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.

Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.

I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, That's what I want to do.

I hadn't gotten a chance to do a lot of comedy, so 'Hart of Dixie' was a great place where I got a chance to do that and play.