Parminder Nagra Quotes

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.

I'm always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in 'El Gringo;' it shows in the new 'Universal Soldier.' You can't rest on your laurels; you've got to keep improving.

Every role sort of teaches you how to prepare for it.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

I'm always studying actors and movies. You can never not do your homework.

One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new things I have learned for each part. I always assume that I can do it.

I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.

Actors are investigators.

I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who I've also worked with in the past.

Every time I work, it's an educational process because I learn by watching other actors. My career is always going to be an ongoing study.

I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.

Honestly, soaps are great training. You're doing 90-plus pages a day. It was my acting class, where I built my foundation for showing up and being professional.