Alia Bhatt Quotes

I'm not used to being in front of a camera as myself. I'm not used to watching myself as myself.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

When people come up to me and say, 'Oh my God - you're that character,' I feel like replying, 'No, I'm just like you; it's just a job.'

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

A lot of people think I'm going to be like someone who's stepped out of one of his own cartoons. And maybe I am. But I sure have a hard time analyzing it.

People like to define you through what they've seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, 'I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.'

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

When I watch myself on camera, in any capacity - being interviewed, performing, 20 years ago or yesterday - there's a part of me that really doesn't grasp that it's me.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

I could easily not be the person that people know.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?