Anushka Sharma Quotes

My first real acting job was 'Skins' at eighteen years old, and I just kind of grew into myself in those two years; I would have done terribly if I'd have got that job at sixteen.

I don't know if I've become a better actor or a more sensitive one. But I've learnt what not to do.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was nice to everybody on the set. He got to be a better actor, I thought, with every movie.

I want to do more films because if you do a lot of films, you become a better actor.

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

I began acting at age eight, but if you don't stay on your game then people pass on you. Being on a show, it's a little easy to get comfortable, so I'm trying to get back on it. I'm taking some acting classes and watching movies, and I'm just trying to stay up with other actors.

Had I not done Shakespeare, Pinter, Moliere and things such as 'Godspell' - I played Judas in a hugely successful production before I did 'Elm Street' - I'd probably be on a psychiatrist's couch saying: 'Freddy ruined me.' But I'd already done 13 movies and years of non-stop theatre.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

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 had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't, so what matters is to try and be a better actor.

Working with Adrien Brody was like going to Julliard, but instead of four years, I went for four weeks. He was like the Albert Einstein of professors, it was just the best experience of my life. Adrien was the most influential mentor in my acting career thus far, and even after the movie he continues to mentor me.

'As the World Turns' was such a great experience and such a great school for me. It was better than any class I could have ever taken.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.