Parineeti Chopra Quotes

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like that on screen.

There is an art to acting, and there are techniques that are acquired. You can be as emotional as you'd like, as a person, but figuring out ways that you can bring specific emotions at specific times and have them be true, and relating to someone as someone that they're not, is a lot.

Acting is the most difficult job in the world.

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.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

For me, acting is doing.

Actors love to act all those death scenes.

There's a lot of actors that I admire because they can just switch one second into the character. Then, they go back to jokes, and then they're doing something really dramatic. I can't do that. I have to really focus.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.

Acting is a mysterious process.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

Acting to me is always reacting.

They did cast me as an ingenue once, and the novelty was nice. But I said, 'There is nothing here to play!' I really like getting into the meat of a role.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.