Madhur Mittal Quotes

It's no use ignoring looks or charm if you're going into the theatre.

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

Really, for an actor, it's all about remembering a lot of stuff - and keeping the moustache on.

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.

This is going to sound cheesy, but with acting there are so many tools. When you're on camera, you're using all of it. You're using the voice, you're using your body, you're using wardrobe, all of it, but it's funny, once you take all of those things away, you realize how much you rely on the physicality.

When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice.

Roles make the actor.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

That's the difference between working on film and working in a play. In a play, you work on it, and you live in it and develop it and make it happen.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

When I'm playing a character, I don't wear perfume.

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

Acting is very start and stop.

I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really.

I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear black 'at' people. I didn't just want to play Hamlet, I wanted to be Hamlet.

When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.