I really love being in 'Game of Thrones,' but I don't know if it's my big break.
Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.
I had never imagined that after coming to Mumbai that, as an actor, my dates would be booked in six-eight months in advance.
Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name.
Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.
I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.
I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.
I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.
I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
Realistically speaking, I don't know how many more years I will want to be acting or will be invited to be.
I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.
'Zubaan' is the first film I had signed as a lead. It was an opportunity I was waiting for, coming at a time when I was getting shortlisted for roles but was unable to make the final cut.
I'm not in a rush to do anything. And I wouldn't say I pick and choose. When it comes to producers picking people for roles I don't think it's between me and Tom Cruise, do you know what I mean?
I didn't decide to be a character actress.
With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend weeks and months when you are not acting at all.
Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.
I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.
As actors, we get used to disappointment. We go on a hundred job interviews a year and get two or three jobs.
There are times when you get several great, exciting roles; there are times when you don't.
As actors, it's so hard to get your hopes up about anything.
I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.
Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.
