Sriti Jha Quotes

When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person.

Obviously, any time you're closer in terms of what your knowledge is to a character, you can add something. But an actor's job is not to play only people he can identify with.

I prefer to do roles that I can relate to.

In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.

Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

You put a lot of yourself into a character, so even though he's not you, in a sense it is you.

I think it's always easier to play parts that you have something concrete that you can relate to.

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play.

When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with the role and look for an emotional connection even if there is not a biographical one.

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.

I have a lot of real life experience that I can draw on. And I think that shows in the characters that I play because I'm always trying to find somebody - or find characters to play that I can identify with on a personal level or relate to. And I think it makes for a little bit more of an honest portrayal.

What I have always loved about modelling is the chance to play a part. I am quite shy naturally, but I like getting into somebody else's head space, understanding how people work and the psychology behind their actions.

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.

In order to inhabit a character, you've got to embrace and empathise with them.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.