Rahul Dravid Quotes

People don't think of me as Glenn Kelman; they think of me as the real estate guy. If I wasn't interested in real estate, that would be pretty tragic, wouldn't it?

In your career, you must be so careful; otherwise, you get caught in a particular image, and it's hard to break.

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

You don't want your personality to eclipse your work because no one would be interested in seeing your work anymore.

I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.

I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal', the 'New York Times', constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.

Many times you walk into a room and people have already made up their minds. But it's always good to have something great associated with you.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, 'Remember, it's all about likeability.'

I've been very lucky with my career and don't feel like I'm being typecast in the same role over and over again.

I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.

I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.

I've been really fortunate to go from series to series to series.

If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.

People know you as an actor, and labels are so comfortable for people. That syndrome is always hard to get past.

I am no longer willing to take parts in films and/or television shows which detract from the 50 years I have spent building my reputation.

It was hard to know if anything, any one particular thing, increased my career or not.

Once the world sees you as that one thing, and the better you are at that thing, the more you can only be that thing.

Most of the people I interact with on a daily basis don't even know what I do for a living, so the 'persona' thing doesn't amount to much.

'Balika Vadhu' happened to me because I worked hard in my earlier shows. So, in a way, they are responsible for building my identity.

When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.