Himesh Patel Quotes

It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with.

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline.

I had always sort of done dramatic things, and I love them; it's my background. But when I think about 'Fresh Meat,' I just think about the cast and the crew that we had... we just had a great time.

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

I come from a theater background, so usually, at the start, you know what happens and where the character goes and everything. But with TV, it's really unpredictable.

I didn't miss theatre while I was in 'EastEnders' because I was so dedicated in my role as Honey.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

My film career was always to support my theater career.

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.

'All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant.

I love to work. I know that sounds ridiculous to say because all people love to work, but I love the homework that goes into acting. I love figuring out different ways of playing a scene. I love the energy of being on set. I love not getting enough sleep because I have to wake up early in the morning.

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots.

I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.

I didn't go out for a soap until I moved to New York. I wasn't even considering soaps, but my agents talked me into it and said it's nice, steady work.

I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Drama was all I ever wanted to do. There was no plan B!