Quotes about Acting

It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school.

I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

Crying does not equal good acting.

I love acting in Tamil cinema. I have decided quite consciously to do at least one good film every year in Tamil.

When you're working in front of the camera, there are always things that occur to you after the director has said 'Cut.' I could probably, if I sat down and thought about it, come up with instances where I wished I had made this particular choice or that particular choice.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

I'm nothing like Romeo in real life.