I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.
I played Li'l Abner and Batman in school plays; I wanted to be an actor to play all these different characters.
I have been a scrappy actor for 10-plus years, and when you're playing supporting roles, your relationship with the costume designer is very different.
I must say that Dhanush wears the hat of director and actor pretty seamlessly.
If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.
You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.
It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.
I don't believe I did anything earth shattering as an actor.
I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
It's destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor.
I surf; I skateboard. I'm from Southern California. I never thought I was going to be an actor. And to be honest with you, I never really thought of myself as one.
Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.
I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.
As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.
Maybe it's a bit snobby, but it's as if you're a proper actor if you do stage.
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
It's not like I'm the lead actor or anything. But it's really cool to be in a Steven Soderbergh movie.
If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything I think I'd hate worse than an actor as a son-in-law, it's an English actor.
No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
