Parvathy Quotes

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.

I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in.

All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try to discover those things in a character and then try to expose it in one way or another.

When I was filming, I imagined that Legolas was a meditative character who was very thoughtful and had a certain amount of depth to him. I started working on trying to find this focus that Legolas has, which wasn't really like me.

I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it.

I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.

There's something that's very human about 'Warriorv that brings you out. You're watching the movie and, yeah, there's fighting - there's a tournament at the end of the movie - but it takes a long time to get to know these people.

I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected.

It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals.

I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic.

I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the truths about life that are presented through them.

For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online.

You build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it.

Because I'm playing Dirk Gently [ in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency], I'm so fond of Dirk. I really see Dirk's vulnerability, and you get that, more and more. You'll start to see a little bit more of Dirk's backstory, why he behaves the way he does, and why he's doing what he's doing. I see a lot of his vulnerability, his sensitivity and his insecurity.

As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.

What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.

I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values.

I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.

You have to learn to recognize your own depth.

I think we're past the time in history where you have to come out and say, "I'm happy all the time! I'm a joker! I'm a crazy man!" I think people understand that I can turn that switch on but that I'm also a sensitive, normal human being with feelings and I know how to express those too.

Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

I think the goal is always to go deeper within myself, and accept myself on deeper levels and to know myself on deeper levels. Whether or not I look for roles that are going to do that for me, I certainly look for the ways in which the roles I get can do that for me.

what doesn't kill you not only make you stronger, but also more honest.

I push myself as hard as I can. Sometimes that can be painful and stressful but inthe end it's worth the price... I like to play characters that I can draw from in my own life. I've invested so much of my life into my work that I almost don't have any choice.