The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.
And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.
I don't believe in terminologies like 'lead role' or 'supporting role' or 'cameo role,' etc.
That's something I would love to do - play leading roles and really hold it on my own in those leading roles.
I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.
Frankly, I hadn't expected my role in 'Avvai Shanmughi' to be so significant.
When you are an actor, you are in the most powerless position in this business.
So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?
Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand significance.
My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.
I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.
There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.
I never imagined that I would have a successful solo career, let alone one in musical theater.
'Majaz' is going to be an important film in my career and I will be seen in a different role in this film.
I was going to be the hero of the movie [The Lost World]. I had to speak up and be like, "Shouldn't I be the one doing that?
To be honest, many of my well-wishers want me to play the solo lead in films. Maybe, it's time to think about it. In fact, I have cut down on signing up multi-starrer films.
Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.
There's a fine line between lead actor and supporting actor.
Every young actor wants this feeling of being the solo lead in a film.
With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show.
All actresses give good performances, but everybody doesn't get the right roles.
It was a fun film. I had a great time doing it. I was looking for a role just like that for my first movie role. I didn't want to have a starring role, because I wanted a chance to learn. I didn't want the whole thing riding on me.
For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one.
I would be lying if I would say that I never wanted to be a lead actor. But at the same time, I would say it's a lot of responsibility also; it's too much responsibility.
I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.
