Aishwarya Rajesh Quotes

I grew as an actress, and I feel I gained a lot, whenever I have worked with any great director in the past.

My collaboration with Sally Potter on a small movie, 'Yes,' was very special to me. It helped my growth as an actor.

A director like Ram Gopal Varma brings out a different dimension in your performance.

I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.

When I do a film, I follow the director.

Every actor evolves over a period of time.

Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs, and you're usually best listening.

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.

I feel like any time you, as an actor, can be surrounded by other amazing actors, you can't do anything but grow.

I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while.

Making 'Coraline' was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life.

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.

With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.

Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.

I think that 'Degrassi' really challenged its actors. I was on it for seven years, and it was one of my first jobs. I can't even watch the early episodes - they're so embarrassing! But I really do think I grew as an actor and learned a lot over the seven years.