Disha Patani Quotes

I'm not a very good actor.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

To be honest, I am scared of acting, and moreover, I want to be perfect on the musical stage first.

I had a chance to get used to the lights and the camera without all that pressure to... emote.

It is important for an actor to learn how to face a live audience.

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

I'm not a good actor.

I am a terrible actor.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.

It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going against you. There are walkie talkies going off, the camera is creaking and moving, there are boom mics, and you have to hit your mark and make sure you don't shadow the other person's face. It's a really technical process.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them.

I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?

I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

I have a really hard time watching my sister act in anything, but especially anything where it's a strong emotion.

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.