A Quote by Tony Shalhoub
I am an actor. I try to do different things.
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I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too.
An actor is here to perform. For example, if a character is a Punjabi or a Bihari, and the actor is not, doesn't mean we have to cast an actor from that region. If an actor can perform, they can portray anyone because an actor is here to try different roles.
Being exposed to the diversity of music I was as a kid made me the actor I am today. As an actor, you have to adapt and do so many different things.
I try to do different things as much as I can. I feel like every actor, there's a limited number of tricks and go-tos. The real good stuff you can't get to unless it's something you haven't done before. So I try to make sure each thing is slightly different. Unless it's for the money. Then I don't care.
My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for interesting characters because I intend to completely transport myself into it. This happens only because I am a very greedy actor. I am not part of the rat race because I am living a dream.
My goal as an actor is to grow and try different things.
Essentially, I am an actor for hire. I am not a rarified creature. I do all these different things, and they all interest me.
As an actor, you always want to try new things, so the fact that they set it up so that you can be doing different things each season is great.
It is important to get different roles and to be seen in a different light. I am an actor. To go too far one way what does that do to the character of Superman? All these things are thoughts in my head, but I'm an artist first and foremost, I guess, so there are great things out there. I've read some awesome things and if there's nothing there that I like I can always create something.
I do love comedy, I have to say. That's one of the greatest things about being an actor: You get to try new things and play around in different genres.
I think every actor wants to try out different things.
If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.
As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.
I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.
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