Vetrimaaran Quotes

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

My job as an actor is to live the role that I do.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.

Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing. But at other times, you have to make that leap beyond the immediate environment of people putting up lights on the set.

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

To be a good actor you have to feel life and observe life.

It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.

When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is playing the role of a really unattractive person.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.