Acting Difficulty Quotes

Loving movies myself, I know when I see a film with someone with a strong persona, it's hard to overlay another character on top of that.

I think playing a negative character is more difficult and challenging, since you have a lot to work on, and you have to put a lot of efforts.

Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I've ever done.

Acting is a really simple job - it's just hard to do. You just have to be that person with their background in that situation. That's all it is. My kids do it all the time when they're dressing up and playing games.

People assume that acting is an easy job. When you actually do it, you know how hard that is.

I rehearsed it a lot underwater with a mouthpiece for Casino Royale and not freaking out, because you can't see a thing. It's like being in a really bad nightmare. I've never seen somebody drown, but I really swallowed water. It was like choreography. It was very emotional. I was crying underwater at one point.

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.

It's interesting to me because theater is, on any given day, 10,000 times harder than film and television. And that's not to say film or television can't be hard or challenging; it's emotional to do the same thing over and over and over. But in terms of stamina, there is nothing like an eight-show week to separate the men from the boys.

Doing comedy and romance is easy, if I compare it with playing the role of a real-life person.

Compared to boxing, acting is more difficult. I have learnt martial arts and boxing since childhood. So, they were easier.

It's very difficult to direct something and do it well. But to direct and act - it's very hard.

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.

In 'Fugly,' I play a very middle-class guy with whom anyone can relate. At the same time, playing such characters is not as easy as it sounds.

It is very difficult for me to accept the fact that I am acting in front of the camera.

When I'm not excited, it makes acting very hard for me.

It's much harder to act poorly written material. It's much harder to memorize poorly written material.

'Shivalinga' was a tough project - I did my own stunts in the film. I actually enjoyed it, as I play a character with many layers. It was challenging to switch between the many phases of the character.

It's very hard to be a good actor, you know. It's easy to be cute.

It's more difficult for me to get into a character in the lead-up as opposed to leaving it.

I have never followed any sport in my life, I was always into music. So, portraying Sandeep Singh was challenging for me.

It's not easy, acting.

The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was very hard, very cynical. I could never have pulled it off.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.