R. Madhavan Quotes
I realised after doing 'Tanu Weds Manu' that I had become fat and was not performing to the mark. I realised that I had become a terrible actor. I did 'Jodi Breakers,' which did not do well. So, I moved away from the film industry and lived with the common man to know where I was lacking and what do they want from an actor.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.
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I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?'
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Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.
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I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.
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I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.
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When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material.
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As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.
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There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.
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I admire Cate Blanchett as an actor: that's my ultimate goal. To be as good as she is!
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When I moved to Los Angeles, I figured I'm really going to make an attempt to become a real actor. And when I did that, I thought it was time for me to face my parents and tell them what I did.
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The most important thing, when playing characters with chemistry, is being able to work off the other actor and be supported.
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I always get a little anxious like the first day of school when we've had our hiatus and we're coming back, because I think I'm not as insane as I was when we started shooting. I have that anxiety before we start shooting.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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I realised after doing 'Tanu Weds Manu' that I had become fat and was not performing to the mark. I realised that I had become a terrible actor. I did 'Jodi Breakers,' which did not do well. So, I moved away from the film industry and lived with the common man to know where I was lacking and what do they want from an actor.
