Giovanni Ribisi Quotes

I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.

I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face.

It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

I think that 'Degrassi' really challenged its actors. I was on it for seven years, and it was one of my first jobs. I can't even watch the early episodes - they're so embarrassing! But I really do think I grew as an actor and learned a lot over the seven years.

I want to be the best actor that I can be; I want to be working in this business absolutely, and if that means being a movie star, then OK, that's fine. But to me, movie star, celebrity, all that stuff means something very different than being an actor.

Igby was a really good opportunity for me to grow up. The cast was great.

I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

After 'Raees,' I used to wonder how I'd feel working on another film and to do this and still enjoy it - I know now I like acting; I enjoy it.

I auditioned for quite a lot of films. I do not wish to name the films I auditioned for. There were times when I knew I would not be fit for this film, or I would not get this film. Still, I used to audition for it just to get experience... to practice.

I've grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan and never really imagined that one day I will get to play the lead opposite him.

I was, like, 28 or 29 when I finally was on camera for the first time.

I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wouldn't have had the confidence with my music to really make it a part of my schedule. I would easily push it to the side, or I would easily take up time that was needed for it.

When we worked together for 'Band Baaja Baaraat,' Ranveer used to be very anxious and hyper on set. He used to do weird things, but now he is calmer, less anxious. He's a better actor now.

I started off in this dreadful, vulgar film called 'The Libertine.' I was just learning. I needed the money.

I just wanted to do it all. Film and television was so strange to me because I didn't grow up in the business, I didn't know anything about it, and I had never been on set before. But, from the minute I got on set and did 'Old School,' I was like, 'I want to do this!'

I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

When I started acting professionally, it really felt like an extension of just playing around - it was all very organic.

I've known Radhikaa akka for a long time, and have seen her perform like a pro in front of the camera. But, to work with her and mouth dialogues in her presence had me in jitters.

I think part of maturity as an actress comes from their experience in getting married and having children.

I have acted in more than 100 films so far. And I have worked with almost all top stars and leading directors.

If you go back and watch 'Saw,' I was very young. I'd never really done anything before.

I've been to acting coaches and everything, but they had to open me up and all that, so now I'm getting better with it.

My university organised a casting call for a film and I won the role. I played a character who was dying of cancer. I remember in the middle of shooting going, 'Oh my God! Why did I decide to do this?' But people noticed me in it and I started getting invited to castings.

I'm very ambitious when it comes to cameos.