Javed Jaffrey Quotes

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

I was looking through a newspaper and it was an audition for 'Kids Say the Darndest Things,' so I tried out. One thing led to another and I appeared on 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' and 'Oprah.'

I've never dreamt of being on TV; I had never tried to be in the entertainment business at all.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

Being on TV is kind of the best job in the world.

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

I believe I made it in show business.

Posing on the red carpet feels like you're selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it's like we're saying, 'Oh! We come as a pair! Would you like to buy both of us? We're available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs!'

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

I hate show business.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

My home has always been show business.

If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.

I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York - New York helped give me my first big break.