Kirti Kulhari Quotes

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.

A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

Comic timing... is how to have a relationship with the camera and deal with the camera without looking like you are.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

At this point, I feel fairly comfortable in terms of performance. I think having a sketch background actually helps a lot. Because my background is acting, and stand-up, in a lot of ways, is acting.

A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.

I think the hardest thing I've had to learn is that just because people might speak a certain way in real life doesn't mean it's engaging in the theater.

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

At the end of the day, an actor has to just play what's in front of him.

I think theater is more about living and breathing, versus TV, which can vary.

I've been doing dramas for a long time.

Impressions are still kind of hard for me and not what I love to do the most, but with characters, I think there's an element of fearlessness. You try to figure out the best reading and wording of the jokes before the show, and then you just really have to go hard.

When I discovered drama, I felt a connection.

The audience has reacted well to my comic timing. But, I also have other aspects to my acting talent.

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

When the scenes are written really great, we as actors try not to mess them up by getting in the way.

An actor has to act irrespective of the camera or location.

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.