Marianne Elliott Quotes

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong.

A director like Ram Gopal Varma brings out a different dimension in your performance.

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.

Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.

Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can ride it.

When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And then you add and expand from there to create a three-dimensional performance.

Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

Andy Serkis is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He might be the best actor I have ever worked with.

If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.

Our job as actors is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing.

The connect that I have with the audience comes from my hard work and sincerity towards my craft and also because of the opportunities that I have had. I have been able to engage with my audiences. They observe my performances minutely. They think I will do some magic on screen. They like me because I don't do over-the-top acting.

Good acting is good acting, whether it's on stage, on TV, or in films.

I will continue to do TV so long as I get to prove my acting prowess.

Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.

If an actor can emotionally bond with the viewer, then it does not matter if he is handsome or ordinary looking.

The day the audience feel they are watching Parvathy instead of the character, that would be me failing as an actor.

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character.

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.