Acting Fulfillment Quotes

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

I realized on my first day on set of 'Miss Potter' that there wasn't going to be anything else that could make me as happy or feel as fulfilled as acting does.

The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I'm on the stage.

There are so many characters I want to play. I'm greedy about acting.

You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny, and all the things that a person could be. If you can achieve that, you feel great. You so rarely get to do that as an actress in general, but as a black actress, it's almost never.

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

Modeling stuff is cool - obviously you get to travel and wear cool clothes, take cool pictures, meet cool people - but for me, acting is a lot more creatively fulfilling, so I've always put it first.

I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

I longed for people to forget Parvathy and remember my character. That has finally happened in Malayalam.

I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.

The audience's reaction is the most rewarding thing for an actor, especially me.

I wouldn't say that I haven't got my fair share of good roles. This industry has been very kind to me.

Fortunately, I get asked to play - regardless of how big or small they are - some really interesting people who are part of great stories. So, as an actor, there's really nothing better.

Sometimes you read the script and you feel that this is a challenging role but at times you feel that this one was written for me.

It's hard to get those roles that allow you to show everything and feel like you're really being used and exhausted and spent, which I think is what actors really love: We want to be tired.

The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.