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Adhir Kalyan Quotes

What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian accent and that's how it sounds, for example. I think the accent needs to sound authentic on this person.

Adhir Kalyan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: south african
Birth: August 4, 1983

Topics

Character Think Person Play Try

I think it seems to be when I'm trusted, and someone just lets me have free rein - 'Do what you want, man' - that kind of confidence that directors instil in me always gets my best stuff out.

Joe Gilgun

Confidence Best Man Me Free Think

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

John Hersey

Failure Children Vision You Profit

For me personally, everything is on a kiss.

Anna Friel

Kiss Me Everything Personally

The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself.

John Piper

Love God Great Happy Doing Done

Arcade Fire has such intimacy and epic-ness, at the same time, and that's really inspiring.

Spike Jonze

Time Fire Intimacy Arcade Same

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

Steve Martin

Success Job Night Thought Doing

If I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. And at night, I would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic. And then I would drift off telling myself, 'It's going to be O.K... It's going to be O.K. you're going to train in the morning.'

Robert Downey, Jr.

Morning Myself Day Pizza Night You

We are the playthings of the gods.

Roger Ebert

Gods

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Rita Mae Brown

Life Fight Slavery Action Reaction

I went to Queen's - a fine university with the proudly stupidest frosh week in the country. This was, when I was there, supposed to be somehow evidence of a higher social class.

Russell Smith

Queen Week Country Class University

Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.

Mike Birbiglia

Dance Musicians Dancers Backup

I am a very romantic person, and I love 'love' - however cheesy that sounds!

Armaan Malik

Love Romantic I Am Person Cheesy Am