I believe that you become a better actor only when you work with people far better than you are.
Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't, so what matters is to try and be a better actor.
My ambition is to get better as an actor.
I've improved as an actor, thanks to my wonderful directors. As a person, I've changed, too; I was 16 when I did 'Thullavatho Ilamai,' and I'm 32 now. With age, I've sobered down. I'm calmer; I can see things more clearly now.
I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.
I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.
I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.
I don't know if I've become a better actor or a more sensitive one. But I've learnt what not to do.
I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.
Hopefully I've gotten better as an actor as the years have gone on, but the type of work I want to do has never changed.
I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.
When we worked together for 'Band Baaja Baaraat,' Ranveer used to be very anxious and hyper on set. He used to do weird things, but now he is calmer, less anxious. He's a better actor now.
I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.
There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.
Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.
Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.
I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.
I think people do get better as the movies go on sometimes, and I'm always happy that we're shooting out of order, so it's kind of scattered throughout the movie, and there isn't like a clear build in everyone finding their characters.
Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.
My modus operandi is to become a better actor.
You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was nice to everybody on the set. He got to be a better actor, I thought, with every movie.
I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.
I want to do more films because if you do a lot of films, you become a better actor.
I just did something on a show on UPN called 'Girlfriends' that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.
Music informs my work so intensely. The better actor I become, the better pianist I become, and vice versa.
