Aditya Roy Kapur Quotes

I think people who are regarded as better actors must have better instincts because, at the end of the day, once they say 'action,' it's you who has to do it right. You can do all the research and preparation or none at all, but it's your instincts that tell you, 'No, I'll do it like this.'

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

In 10 different takes, you can do a scene 10 different ways.

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.

If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.

Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.