Karisma Kapoor Quotes

I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'

I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

I've been sort of coasting on 'Peep Show.' So now it's kind of, 'When I grow up, I'm going to have to be an actor if I'm not careful.'

I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I think as I became more comfortable and knowledgeable about myself and what I wanted, I moved into acting. I came to it rather late - later than most. I just really wanted to try my hand, and thankfully, it worked out for the most part.

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do.

After the Oscar for 'Shampoo,' I had a sense, even as I was walking up to get it, that this was the height of where I was going to go as an actress. And I felt that now was the time, if I wanted a longer life in the arts, that I had to jump from acting to directing.

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

One is never done growing as an artiste. So, it's important to find roles that challenge me and make me learn new things.

Working is the best way to understand and grow, as an actor, in my opinion. That's been my experience.

I think the dream role is getting the opportunity to really sink my teeth into something and transform in the role.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.

I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasn't feeling terribly positive about what I was contributing to film, or wasn't feeling as if I was going in the direction I wanted and I re-evaluated what I was doing.

After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.

When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.

I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.

I want to write, act, and direct!

Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do.

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.