David L. Wolper Quotes

I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in. For me, television is where it's at. You get to play a character for a long period of time, and you get to dig deep. It's a home to go to.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.

I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.

I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.

I will never be a Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, the kind of actor that disappears into a role.

Acting is not my forte.

To stand up against Amitabh Bachchan in 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,' you need to be a good actor to be able to do that.

If you are a good actor, then all you have to do is give your best shot every time when you are in front of the camera regardless of who else is around you.

When you watch me on the screen, you should not be able to recognise me. If people say, you're a natural and an organic actor, that's an insult. If you're being yourself all the time on screen, that means you don't know how to act.

I think that acting could be a talent.

I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it.

Good actors can make a huge difference to a scene that might sound or read flat.

I believe every actor gets some chance or the other to show his capability.

There's some actors that go easily between drama and comedy because they play the naturalism of the role, and they just have natural timing.

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.

Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed; at times, it's not.

The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life, is one that I admire enormously.

Even if I do get stereotyped, I would like to think that it is more of a challenge because if you are given one character and asked to play in 10 different ways, it says more about me as an actor.

I don't think talent or an instinct for acting is something you can teach.

Mithunda is a great actor. He has done all kinds of roles simultaneously and that's no mean feat.

When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.

Regardless of the success of a drama or film, I will be satisfied if viewers say that my acting has progressed and has gained more depth.

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.