Karan Patel Quotes

I have danced, sung, been a part of a reality show, and the outcome is that I am a part of 'Batla House' and 'Bharat,' which is a milestone.

There is no hit formula to make it big in Bollywood.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting.

I was doing television and films for a good five years, and then I booked 'Cry-Baby.'

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.

I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.

I have a relationship with New Line, so I'm grateful to them for taking a punt on me - both for 'We're The Millers' and 'It'.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

I did voice work for many years before I started having success as an actress. It was mostly radio and television voiceover work, but I know my way around the studio. I know how to use the cappuccino machines and the headphones.

I've actually had a great career in Hollywood. I've been a working actor my whole life.

I look at a guy like The Rock - how he started with his natural ability in sports but gravitated into Hollywood - as a model for what's possible.

I knew I wanted to do a movie, an action movie, and when I left WWE in 2011, I didn't specifically know. I didn't leave to do 'Boone: The Bounty Hunter.'

Earlier, the notion was such that TV actors are overexposed and that they can't do films, but now it's not like that.

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie with Mammootty.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.

I went from auditioning for roles to being offered films directly.

I'd love to be in a movie at some point.

I don't regret being on television; I just regret the fact that I wanted to be in the movies, and that didn't happen.

I am the first one in my family to become a part of Bollywood.