Rajkummar Rao Quotes

I came to filmmaking as an actor looking for great characters and great opportunities, both of which are kind of hard to come by. It turns out I really love the process. And, it's exciting to be able to take my career by the reigns and make things happen for myself. Hopefully, in doing so, more opportunities will become available to me.

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

I never had a boundary as an actor and I am open to interesting scripts.

I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.

I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take. An actor never stops learning.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

The movies and the parts I'm being offered are becoming better and better.

I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further.

I just feel like when a good project comes along, I'm not going to discriminate against it because it's television or because it's a film. I never want to say no to something just because of the area that it's in. If it's a good story or I think it's going to be exciting to play or exciting to be a part of, then I'm going to be a part of it.

My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes.

As an actor, to be able to experiment and grow and be pushed, it's been phenomenal for me, and it's given me confidence to move forward.

Everything that I am going to do as an actress doesn't matter where it's coming from. It just has to be interesting.

I have to evolve as an actor.

I am always interested in good performance, always tried to improve my skill as an actor.

I wait and see what scripts come my way and then try and make a decision within the choices that I'm offered. I see what turns up, and if it's something I'd really rather not do, or I think it's too similar to something I've just done, I'll wait and hope for something else.

'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.

The best phase for an actor is when he or she gets to choose what they want to play. Sometimes you do a film because the unit is good, the company is fantastic, and the intention is well placed.

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

I've been saying yes to almost every interesting script that comes my way.

I want to do good stories, and I want to work with really interesting people. And if it's Noah Hawley forever, that's also amazing.