Priyanshu Chatterjee Quotes

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky about roles I do like to go out for.

It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it?

It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

Before 'Rangeela' happened to me, all that was offered to me were song-and-dance roles.

I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing.

For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling... lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend.

If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.

After I left 'Laverne & Shirley,' I got a ton of offers to play the goofy guy next door, and there were a couple of series that I was offered that turned out to be successful series, but it was too close to what I'd done on my series, and I was really glad I didn't take it.

My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes.

Initially after 'Sherlock,' I got offered a lot of swinger movies. There is that thing of keeping your mystique and not taking your clothes off in every job.

The problem with the film industry is that once one starts out as a villain, subsequent offers are those of similar roles.

I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.

If you see my filmography, I have mostly done non-glamorous roles.

No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices.

There's plenty of girlfriend roles out there. They've come my way, and many people have turned them down, and I think, "Oh maybe I could do something with this." It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say no.

I want to be able to create characters for as long as I can and I want to tell stories for as long as I can but unfortunately I'm not given those opportunities because I'm often boxed into the former category...

I was offered Vicky Kaushal's role in 'Lust Stories,' which I had declined.

Post-'Pellichoopulu,' I received a lot of offers from Tamil industry. I decided I won't do a Tamil film unless I know the language. If I want to do it, I wanted to do it perfectly.

Nobody will tell you that you're typecast until your films aren't working; if it's working, they'll call it your 'zone.'

As an actor, I am open to anything interesting that comes my way.

If I have to do 40 films like 'Punchnama,' I will take it up as long as I enjoy it.

In the kind of films offered to me, I don't even get the role of a city-based college girl. How do I let people know I can do sophisticated, contemporary roles, too?