मेरे माता-पिता भी कलाकार थे, इसलिए मैं इसी माहौल में बड़ी हुई। यह हमेशा से एक बहुत ही जादुई और सपनों जैसी दुनिया रही है। वे बहुत नाटक करते थे, इसलिए मेरे लिए एक कलाकार होने का मतलब था— backstage जाना, चारों तरफ बल्बों वाले ड्रेसिंग रूम के शीशे देखना और लोगों के कॉस्ट्यूम्स पहनकर देखना। एक बच्चे के रूप में यह मेरे लिए बहुत रोमांचक था।
My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They did a lot of theater, so to me an actor was getting to come backstage and dressing room mirrors with bulbs around them and trying on people's costumes. It was very exciting to me as a child.
My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They did a lot of theater, so to me an actor was getting to come backstage and dressing room mirrors with bulbs around them and trying on people's costumes. It was very exciting to me as a child.
मैं हमेशा से ड्रामा स्कूल जाना चाहती थी। मेरी जिंदगी की योजना ड्रामा स्कूल में एडमिशन लेने और एक अभिनेत्री बनने की थी, लेकिन इसमें मुझे तीन साल लग गए।
I'd always wanted to go to drama school. My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years.
I'd always wanted to go to drama school. My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years.
मैंने एक कॉमेडी क्लब में नौकरी कर ली - स्टैंड-अप कॉमेडी करने के लिए नहीं, क्योंकि वह तो मेरे लिए नर्क जैसा है, बल्कि ऑफिस में - और मैं घूमने निकल पड़ी।
I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that's my idea of hell, but in the office - and I went traveling.
I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that's my idea of hell, but in the office - and I went traveling.
कैमरे का कोर्स कुछ खास नहीं था। लेकिन जब मैं ड्रामा स्कूल में थी, तब मेरा उसमें कोई मन नहीं था। मैं स्टेज की अभिनेत्री बनना चाहती थी। कैमरा चलाने की कला सीखने में मेरी कोई दिलचस्पी नहीं थी। पर जब आपको कैमरे के सामने काम मिलता है, तो आप सीधे गहरे पानी में कूद जाते हैं क्योंकि आपको बिल्कुल अंदाजा नहीं होता कि क्या करना है, और यह वाकई एक कला है।
The camera course was a bit crap. But when I was in drama school, I wasn't interested. I wanted to be a stage actress. I was not interested in learning camera craft. But then you throw yourself in the deep end when you do get a job in front of the camera because you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, and it is a skill.
The camera course was a bit crap. But when I was in drama school, I wasn't interested. I wanted to be a stage actress. I was not interested in learning camera craft. But then you throw yourself in the deep end when you do get a job in front of the camera because you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, and it is a skill.
मेरी एक्टिंग में थोड़ा ड्रामा ज्यादा दिखाने की आदत है, जो कि आप कैमरे के सामने बिल्कुल नहीं कर सकते। इसे काबू करना सीखने में मुझे काफी समय लगा।
I tend to want to go quite big in my acting, which you just cannot do in front of a camera. It's taken me a while to learn how to pull it back.
I tend to want to go quite big in my acting, which you just cannot do in front of a camera. It's taken me a while to learn how to pull it back.
स्टेज पर जिन भूमिकाओं के लिए मैं सही बैठती हूँ, वे अक्सर बहुत कम उम्र की होती हैं, और भोली-भाली (innocent) लड़कियों के ऐसे किरदार कभी-कभी ज्यादा संतुष्ट करने वाले नहीं होते। वे एक ही खांचे में फिट बैठ जाते हैं: ऐसी सीधी-साधी लड़की का रोल निभाओ जो मंच पर आए और बस खूब रोए।
The kind of roles that I'm right for on stage tend to be quite young, and ingénue roles can be a little unfulfilling. They tend to fall into one slot: play the innocent young girl who comes on and does a lot of crying.
The kind of roles that I'm right for on stage tend to be quite young, and ingénue roles can be a little unfulfilling. They tend to fall into one slot: play the innocent young girl who comes on and does a lot of crying.