Ali Fazal Quotes

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

When I see an emotion being enacted by a great actor, I always feel I can never do that.

I am always interested in good performance, always tried to improve my skill as an actor.

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

I've never taken an acting lesson in my life, and it's not my chosen profession, so I'm flattered when people say I can do it and give me props for doing it.

I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.

There is nothing like a 'born actor.' It's all about honing the skills.

I am not from a film family. I don't know much, but I definitely knew that if I want to be a good enough actor, I should be able to do any sort of role.

I think an actor without life experiences is empty.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK, then perhaps I'd go for it, but it's not the kind of thing you can get into just because of your looks.