Rishi Kapoor Quotes

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

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

I have no idea what 'method actor' means.

Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how I learned, and that's what I was comfortable doing. And then, the first feature films, I'm sure I was no fun because I did not want to be spontaneous in that filmic way that really can work for you.

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

With acting, you have to just tell the truth in each moment.

A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.