Amyra Dastur Quotes

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

I do not like to label the characters I am doing or even myself as a particular type of actor. I try to do different kind of roles which are not the same 'hero' or 'villain' kind.

The challenge is when you're offered similar roles, and you have to play them differently. I don't want people to say, 'She performs similarly in every film. There is no versatility.'

I don't like to repeat myself as an actor.

My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time.

I want to constantly be surprising people with different roles.

I think for a lot of people that had seen me do 'Snabba Cash', after watching 'The Killing,' I think they got a sense that I could do different kinds of characters.

I just love playing characters that are a long way away from me.

There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me.

I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

I think that the worst thing as an actor is to fall into a monotony with characters.

With each of my films, I want to look/be different from the real me and want my performance to be different from the last one.

I've always looked forward to do something different in all my films.

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.

I like things where I can do a physical transformation, and I love accents and voices, and I'm never going to play the same character twice.

After the release of 'Ashta Chemm,' several producers and directors came with similar roles in their films. But I doesn't want to do stereo type roles and do something different for each film, and refused them.

In 'Brothers,' I am going into a zone that is something that I have not done. It's a very simple and desi character. It's also a character that I think a lot of people would not have expected me to do.

There are 100,000 versions of Jeff Goldblum.

I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.

If I were to do a solo movie, I'd like to try another genre so that people can see another side of me, since I've been doing mostly rom-coms and drama.

I'm playing my first urban character in 'Thirudan Police.' It's an important film because I'll be breaking the stereotype that I'm only fit for rural characters with this role.

I am glad that after 'Rustom,' I did 'Mubarakan' and then 'Baadshaho,' as it explores my range as an actor.

I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

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.