Yami Gautam Quotes

I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what will happen in an acting career.

I think that all actors just want to continue acting, so if you get the opportunity to go out and do something again, you feel very lucky.

I've always said from starting off, 'I don't mind if I'm in a big budget film or a huge play or something small in London playing for 50 people, as long as I'm doing what I love doing for a living.'

If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

I have a very optimistic view of my future right now. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but I try not to make plans just because I know how unpredictable life can be. Especially the life of an actor, and especially the life of an actor on 'Glee.' I just want to be happy and healthy and surrounded by people I love, as cheesy as it sounds.

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great.

I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest.

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist.

I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.

I love acting, love it. It's the greatest fun in the world. I've never had trouble feeling extremely grateful.

My belief is that if I can achieve that level of entertainment by making the audience happy or sad or angry, then I have succeeded as an actor and have done my job. The profits and the fame as an actor will eventually surface, but first and foremost comes the work as an actor.

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.

Ultimately, I love making music more than anything. And I want to do that for ever. I don't want be on the top. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing.

I have made a promise to myself that I will have no limitations as an actor. I have realised I have to pay attention to the commercials or the business aspect of cinema, but deep inside, I am purely an artiste.

'Game of Thrones' is my big break, so I've got to make the most of it, keep acting well.

When I was ten, I did a play at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, Charles Fuller's first play. He went on to write 'A Soldier's Story,' among other things. I realized, 'Oh, I can be anything doing this.'

Getting on 'SNL' wasn't just about getting cast. I had written all this stuff in my audition, and I wrote several things that got on the air. But to me, I've never been interested in being picked. So when I do get sent things, most of the time I do pass on them because it doesn't feel like it would be fulfilling.

When you start as an actor, you can only hope you'll be able to act at all - let alone on a show that lasts seven seasons.

I always did plays, and when I went to NYU - and I didn't go to Tisch, the theater school, because I was like, 'Well, acting's not realistic. You can't make a career out of it.' So I just studied general studies and humanities at NYU, but I was doing plays while I was there. So I was sort of cheating.

I want to continue acting as long as I feel right about it.

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.