Ludivine Sagnier Quotes

I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me.

The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.

The biggest reason for me to take up Naagin 4' was that I have never attempted something like this.

My great love is the stage because I do feel like it's the place where, if you're lucky and everything is firing in the right way, you have the greatest shot at being successful. I don't mean by getting great reviews, but I mean by finding the core fo the person that you're playing.

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

'Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

The characters I've played as an actress have been really challenging and emotionally rewarding, but there was just something missing. I was finding over and over again that directors were looking to me to help with troubles on set as far as characters' relationships, special effects and story points were concerned.

I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

I never saw an actor and thought, 'Wow, I want to be like that.' It's just I wanted it to be part of my life.

I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

I'd never played a character as long as I played Poussey. Spending time with her, so much time embodying that character, it was so - and still is and always will be - so special to me and a part of who I am.

I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.

I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting.

'Gunday' might not be the best film of my life, but it's been a life-altering film for me.

I have been a good theatre artiste since my school and college days, but when I participated in 'Cine Stars Ki Khoj,' I realised that I could touch people's hearts when I performed.

'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

Getting a script and being like, 'Oh, yeah, I can do this in my sleep.' Who wants to do that? So, finding something that is a real challenge and is going to take all of you, I think, is more rewarding by the end of it.

The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through this real-life experience.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I enjoy acting more and more than when I was 17.