Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

When I was a kid, I was into psychological thrillers. When I was 12, my favorite movie was 'Thirteen.' I just really liked movies that showed an extreme range in acting. That's what made me want to...

I started as a model in Mexico - I was traveling, but my base was in Mexico City. And then I studied acting for three years.

Watching Jodie on this is incredible; it's the perfect role for her. It's so intense and so emotional. She just jumped right into it and is so professional.

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing.

I earn a lot of money in England doing voice-overs, especially in documentaries. Turn on the Discovery Channel here, and you'll hear my voice a lot. It subsidizes my vice of acting in the theater.

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.

I've done many different movies in many different contexts.

Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.

I've refused roles because they're too simplistic.

I tend to play every color in the Southern rainbow, and the challenge is to make each character different so I'm not doing any generic 'Southern acting.'

I used to be on 'The Bold & The Beautiful'; that character, Bridget Forrester, is dear to my heart, and of course, the reruns of that you can see.

As a young actor, it's important to see how the greatest in the industry work... diva behavior is never it.

For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.

Basically, the way you get into any role is just doing research on the type of character you're playing.

As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character and the situation he is in believable.

I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.

I think what actors have to do, what performers have to do to emotionally get to that place and have a camera and have your face 20 feet high on a screen, is such an incredible thing.

I'm just trying to put my feet into different characters and not play the stereotypical type thing, to let me grow as an actor.

The play is not in the words, it's in you!

I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do my 'Monster,' like Charlize Theron, so I'm buckling up for that.

I did great things in the theater. I played some nice roles, like in 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' and 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

I did an episode of 'Law & Order,' where I literally didn't move my neck because I thought you couldn't move your head on camera.

There are very few VR games with really strong characters and voice acting.

The biggest reward for any actor is to be recognised by the characters they play.

Revathi madam is a legend, and I have seen young actresses set her performance as a benchmark.