If you're not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an image.
A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.
In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image.
This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera.
Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.
As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.
That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.
Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.
I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.