I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.
I love both acting and casting, and the idea will be to pursue both.
For me, it was always that one extra job that you do to survive in the industry. I also realised that I was not well-sculpted as an actor because I was getting a lot of rejections. I stopped acting and focused on casting.
When you are reacting to a good actor, your reactions become better. You get to know what to tone down and how to make yourself believe in those characters.
I would not want compliments that 'I can do different roles'. I want compliments that whatever I did, I did nicely. That's how I see acting.
Then there is Abhimanyu Ray, Honey Trehan, Nandini Srikanth, Shanoo Sharma, we have so many great casting directors who have nothing to do with acting. You just need to have a great eye to understand the character.
I did 'Dirty Picture' when I was only 24 years old. From there on, I kept on acting and learning about acting.
I was aiming for an acting career in 40. I never thought I would get recognition so early.
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
Well, my brother started acting before I did.
