The first and foremost criterion for me when selecting a film is the character I am playing, and then the director.
There is no point in doing a lengthy role if there is no importance in it.
There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.
Let's put it this way, when I was casting, I cast Viggo first and then found someone who could play his wife, rather than the other way around. So for me he's still the lead character.
I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.
I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
I am on the lookout for smart scripts and stories where my role has weightage.
When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.
There are no small parts. Only small actors.
It's very important to play a police role convincingly. It ups you in your career. Even 'Siruthai,' in which I played a cop in one of the roles, was a gamechanger.
I think the only thing that matters is you win as a team and you lose as a team. And so the team needs to understand that no one player is bigger than any other player. Everybody has a role... Every single role is important.
I am only looking forward to good film script. It doesn't matter if the role is a supporting or a standalone role.
It is all about playing a challenging role, and whether a film is a commercial one or not does not really matter.
What is important to me is the mileage a particular role I depict gets on the silver screen.
Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.
I hope my role is an important one at Roma.
The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.
Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.
When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.
Just wearing expensive and glamorous clothes do not merit for me to do a film. There has to be a good story and a good role.
Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.
Experience matters for some roles and not others.
On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen time.
I have played bad-guy roles, but they were significant to the story.
