Akshaye Khanna Quotes

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

I really love being a character actor.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

Any good actor is a character actor.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

I'm a character actor at heart.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

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.

For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it.

I don't get bored at all while acting.

The work of acting, in and of itself, is something that is infinitely enjoyable.

I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.

I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.