Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!

The work of acting, in and of itself, is something that is infinitely enjoyable.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

I love roles where I have to transform myself.

When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

Acting is constant exploration.

I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play.

As an actor, I'm more interested in characters the longer I have lived with them.

I really enjoy playing a challenging role.

I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.

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