Andrea Jeremiah Quotes

I would play the lead role in films which have scripts that suit me.

I played a biker in one of my earliest films in Telugu, 'Mr Perfect.'

I am ready to act in Telugu if I get a good story.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.

Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

The first film I was in was called 'Straight Time.' I was five-years old, and I was playing my father's son.

Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it.

For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.

I was offered 'Pretty Woman.' I was offered 'Big' and 'Dead Poets Society.' But what was important to me in those years was to make movies, to make these Albert Brooks movies.

I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that character was such a gift.

I was looking to be a part of commercial cinema and that was when I signed 'Jodi.'

I am doing an interesting film called 'Club 60' where I share the screen with many superb actors like Satish Shah, Farooque Shaikh, Tinu Anand, and some more. It's one film I am looking forward to as it has been made very differently.

I want to carry a really great role in a great film.

'Baazigar' was the movie which initiated my drift towards acting.

Although I am a Telugu girl, I never felt that my debut in Telugu was delayed. I always wanted to be part of a good script, and I am pleased that 'Goodachari' hit the right notes.

When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.

Frankly speaking, from day one, I've been offered solo leads, but I did not take up any of them. For me, it has to be the right script and the right director before I launch myself in Tollywood in a lead role.

I can't take 'The Room' and show it to an agent and say, 'Hey man, cast me in something.' It's an alien film.

It would be interesting to explore an opportunity if Hindi filmmakers think I can fit into any character in a film.

I'm kind of at the mercy of writers out there. I need a writer out there who wants to write a vehicle for me. Do it and get it to me immediately. I do want to be a lead. I want to play a lead role in a movie.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a wonderful talent: Paul Giamatti. I would love to do a whole movie with Paul Giamatti.

I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.