Janhvi Kapoor Quotes

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

I love to choose the right actors. It's kind of a pleasure to work with them and watch them imbue your concepts that you write.

I always think that the deal, once I do the script, sort of the experience I go through writing, which is everything you can imagine, but I always think it's the one thing I can do when I'm directing is say is that it's all about the actors, that I can say, 'We're all here to serve the actors.'

I don't know how I could have an acting career with this.

I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene.

When I got the audition for 'Big Little Lies,' I knew this project was going to be different than anything I'd ever done. That didn't change the way I approached the role.

The only thing that I can contribute as director is to work with the performers in a way that brings out the drama.

My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing.

I am keen to prove myself as an actor.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

This acting was very hard work.

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.