Diana Penty Quotes

If someone plays a brooding actor in a film, people think they're brooding all the time.

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!'

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

A lot of people think I must be weird because of the films I've done. I get that.

A lot of people - they might think I fell off, but they don't know I'm eating. I'm on the West coast, eating. It's just they don't hear about me because they don't see me on the TV. But I'm still around.

I never thought I will ever get back into films when I took that break. 'English Vinglish' just happened.

I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles.

I longed for people to forget Parvathy and remember my character. That has finally happened in Malayalam.

I had taken a bit of a sabbatical because I was producing and directing films. But acting has always been my passion and it is something that I will continue to do.

I think a lot of people would probably assume that I had a bad relationship with LSU, and I don't think that was ever the case.

The biggest misunderstanding about me is that I'm just a bratty, gobby idiot.

I was doing specialisation in advertising. I had no interest in acting. One of my friends, who was doing specialisation in films, made a short film casting me. Luckily, I got a break, and my acting career took off.

For most people watching 'Aiyyaa,' what I am down South or what I have achieved does not matter. They are going to look at me as an actor who they will see for the first time.

I've always been battling this perception people have of me, this character. It follows me around. 'Bubba the Bear' shows up when I'm checking into a hotel, when I'm on a plane. I can't get upset with people if they're only aware of a small part of my body of work. But inside I do.

I was offered 10 Sultan Qureshi-type roles after 'Gangs of Wasseypur.' But I did not want to repeat that, as I have little fear of being rejected by the people.

When I was 13, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue television and film roles. I booked shows like 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager,' 'Liv and Maddie,' and 'Teen Wolf.'

I think 'Happy Days' was huge and an unexpected high point of my career. I was a newcomer at that time, and I was fortunate to get such a role in the film. 'Paiyya' was another highpoint, as it opened up Kollywood for me.

I was not interested in films, but I was forced to act when I was just 14 or 15 years old. Now, I feel that that was not the right age to enter films. One should at least be 21 to enter the industry.

I think a lot of people who maybe know me from one video or come upon me randomly think I'm stuck-up because I'm blonde, or the way I come off, or from something I might have said. But everybody who actually knows me knows that I'm very down-to-earth and super chill.

My first mother's role was in 'Aradhana.' But after that in mid to late 1980s, I was being offered more roles of mothers.

If it wasn't for 'Kill Bill' I probably would have been back in New Zealand three months after I left, and if it wasn't for 'Death Proof' I don't think I would be pursuing an acting career right now.

Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.

If I could get any semblance of, not really anonymity, but control over my public image, that would be nice. But no, I think it's impossible [to maintain that], for one thing. I don't think anyone can do that, apart from Denzel Washington. It's a strange place that the film industry is at, where you can just play superhero after superhero.

I've worked with Andre Techine lately and with a young unknown director on a short film. I choose my roles carefully.