Kunal Khemu Quotes

For an actor, to be able to do something different and fun every week is an incredible treat.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

I want to play many different characters.

I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

My job was to play my character in the best way that I could, and hopefully people will enjoy that.

You can play yourself and make a very good career out of it. Do the same type of role, the daring, good-looking, dashing kind of guy. I mean, there's a role for that guy in television, films, whatever. But people who are able to shape-shift and go from drama to comedy to whatever, there's an art to it. Especially in Hollywood.

I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different.

As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.

Working with film directors helps me grow, but nothing like the incremental jumps I make onstage.

As an actor I believe in doing all sorts of genres.

Theater mode is a different muscle. It's sort of the same acting muscle, but it's extended. Instead of a sprint with movies and television, it's a marathon.

I really enjoy playing a challenging role.

Acting is all I know; being on a set is all I know.

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.