Ram Charan Quotes

I like to be against the odds.

I'm one of those actors who's going to have to create a space for themselves. It's very easy to be the young Tom Cruise, because Hollywood knows what to do with you. But if you're someone who's bringing someone slightly left of center to the table, you're not a sure thing.

I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

I definitely like taking the dark horse approach and picking people you should not be getting behind, and you figure out a way to get behind them.

I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.

I love playing outsiders, I always do.

If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

If your dream sounds like a real stretch and everyone around you is looking at you like you have completely lost it, it might just be exactly what you need.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

I'm lucky my parents are incredibly supportive and generous people who have put so much faith in me as I jump into this crazy business. It really is so far outside their comfort zone in terms of what a profession can be.

I always go against the odds.

Choosing an unconventional career path - I am not a traditional Egyptologist by any means. I found what I love, and I have stuck with it.

I remember that when I was in my 30s, a hot age for an actress, lots of offers were coming in, but nothing was great, and I didn't work for 18 months. It was at a really fruitful age, and I wanted to work. There was nothing coming down the pipeline that I thought was good - and then I got 'The Piano.'

I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other.

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

I've made a career of being a contrarian. If I'm going to work with Tom Cruise, it's my instinct to be like, 'Well, I'm going to do the anti-Tom Cruise movie.'

Trying to show people something they haven't really seen before can get a lot of push-back.

When I started acting, everyone told me to get a backup in case it didn't work out; if there was something else I could have done, I would have done it. Acting should never be your chosen path if you can help it.

I knew that the only way to get noticed would be by doing something that was not expected of me. I was sure I wouldn't get noticed if I continued to play the heroine in films like 'Chashme Baddoor.'

It's important to be unconventional.

Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

I didn't take a lot of crap from people, and I didn't follow the conventional rules of behavior that we're supposed to follow - because if I had, I never would have accomplished what I did.