Chloe Pirrie Quotes

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

After 'Baby Doll,' I did some Westerns. I would try to do something so far away from 'Baby Doll.'

You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a movie.' I look at it more like: does this role has a kind of urgency for me in terms of, 'Can I not say no to it for whatever reason?'

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.

1977 is the year I made my first movie. Shortly after, I was offered quite nice roles in television. The general consensus among everyone was that I'd be out of my mind to do that.

All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and started looking at what was available - I obviously couldn't play Gloria; I couldn't play Claire. When I saw the character of Cam, I was like, 'I have to have a shot at this,' because I thought it was a character that would be really fun to play.

It seemed like whenever a Western was going to get made, it came my way.

Genuinely my big thing and the reason I'm in 'The Miser' is because I always ask myself one simple question when I'm offered anything: Will it get me nearer to being 'Doctor Who' or further away?

For an actor, it's important to choose the right kind of project.

My college life was brief because I started working for my debut film when I was in eleventh standard. But I have no regrets, as I stayed in touch with my friends who keep briefing me about the drama in the college. The opportunity to get into showbiz was so exciting that I couldn't let it pass by.

If I hadn't been a fighter, I probably wouldn't have gotten the 'Rocky' roles.

So far, I'm known for doing more commercial and glamorous roles. But I don't mind doing a short film.

I was shooting for 'Bobby Jasoos' when I was offered 'Khamoshiyan.'

I have never been of the opinion that I will only play the lead in a serial. For me, just the role needs to be good.

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

For me, it all started with 'Phoonk' around 2008 and then I landed a couple of more films and then came 'Makkhi.'

I had several offers to act in films. But I rejected all of them and decided to plunge into politics.

In films, maybe I was lost or typecast.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.

Frankly speaking, from day one, I've been offered solo leads, but I did not take up any of them. For me, it has to be the right script and the right director before I launch myself in Tollywood in a lead role.

It took me a while to figure out what kind of work I needed to do. I worked with directors like Aparna Sen and Rituparno Ghosh. I wanted to do interesting roles.