Rebecca Mader Quotes

Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me.

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.

I was never reluctant to play this character; the only thing I was scared of was that Bua might be only subjected to insults on-screen which people might start taking it in bad taste. But it turned out totally opposite.

'Gaana Bajana' gave me an opportunity to experiment with my looks. I played a tomboy in that film, a role that I hadn't essayed before. I have no regrets for having done the film.

When I did 'Kapoor & Sons,' I had a prosthetic look. It would take me six-and-a-half hours daily for 20, 25 days.

Whatever I had to prove in the 'Flash' world about myself as an actor, I proved as Henry Allen.

'Bosch' itself - it has a huge fanbase already from the Michael Connelly books, so it was definitely intriguing because you know going in that there's all those people who will want to watch it, and I knew it was going to be a down-and-dirty, gritty, no-make-up part, so that was scary and yet so exciting.

Even if I do get stereotyped, I would like to think that it is more of a challenge because if you are given one character and asked to play in 10 different ways, it says more about me as an actor.

Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front of you.

'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.

It feels bad to play a bad guy. I did George W. Bush for years, and I hated him. But you have to give full voice to the villains. You have to have really convincing villains, or it's not worth anything as drama or comedy.

In 'Raabta' I've two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey.

In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' I play a schoolteacher who is older than I am in life - and I like that.

I've spent a lot of my career playing heroes, like Jared in 'The Pretender,' but playing part of a dysfunctional family is more interesting.

I've played heavy characters in my first two films.

That was the hardest thing for me. When it was published that I was going to play Tommen, all the fans of the books were like, 'Oh, he's turning 16' - that was the hardest thing: to play younger and show that.

The process of playing a character as dark as Omar Saeed Sheikh is disturbing. So you have to mentally also be in that psyche, that state of mind. So, it was not easy. I was trying to cultivate a lot of anger and hatred in me while portraying him, because that's what I read and heard about him.

In normal life, we are all sweet and not vamp. So, to play a villain a lot of focus is required.

I have always played the cheerful girl next door, especially on the Internet, and this film is a break from that. My character is more moody and bratty in 'Karwaan.'

In 'Anniyan,' the character I did had three different looks in the film, and I was able to carry it off.

It is a tough job to portray a character and make it believable on screen.

I'm not playing a fixed character on 'Comedy Nights Live;' in fact I would be seen portraying various characters.

'Andhadhun' is the most challenging film and character. For playing the role, first and foremost I had to learn how to play the piano and then how to emulate gestures of a blind pianist.

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

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