Attention seeking must for actors, says Anushka
1 Jan 2013 11:09 PM GMT
Hailing from an army background, Anushka Sharma has led a very quiet and disciplined life, but confesses her profession has now made her an attention-seeker — an ‘occupational hazard for all actors’.
‘I am not spoilt as I was brought up in an army background. But every actor is an attention-seeker. It is an occupational hazard for us. If I don’t seek attention, I will not be doing my work well,’ she said.
In a short span of four years, Anushka has carved a niche for herself in Bollywood and the 24-year-old says she wants to use her success to do things on her own terms.
‘You should use success as a way of doing your work in a better way. I want to be successful to be able to do things on my own terms. You should use your stardom and success to be able to pull people into the theatre. That’s what I would want to do with my success,’ Anushka said.
Asked what her mantra to survive in the industry is, she said: ‘Do your work and mind your own business; that is the only way.’ Anushka admits she wasn’t sure about the film industry before she joined it, but her views changed once she became a part of it.
‘I used to think it is a dirty field because of these news channels playing dumb stories. But now I feel that when you get a lot here, you need to give back equally too. So whoever is the biggest star right now is working that much harder,’ she said.
Anushka will now be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola opposite Imran Khan and Pankaj Kapoor.
Anushka admits that though she felt intimidated by Pankaj Kapoor, she had learnt a lot from the veteran actor.
‘Pankaj Kapoor is one of the best actors one has ever seen because he has been a theatre actor. He has learnt to blank out people and the crowd and focus. That is one of the strengths an actor must possess,’ she said.
‘I am not spoilt as I was brought up in an army background. But every actor is an attention-seeker. It is an occupational hazard for us. If I don’t seek attention, I will not be doing my work well,’ she said.
In a short span of four years, Anushka has carved a niche for herself in Bollywood and the 24-year-old says she wants to use her success to do things on her own terms.
‘You should use success as a way of doing your work in a better way. I want to be successful to be able to do things on my own terms. You should use your stardom and success to be able to pull people into the theatre. That’s what I would want to do with my success,’ Anushka said.
Asked what her mantra to survive in the industry is, she said: ‘Do your work and mind your own business; that is the only way.’ Anushka admits she wasn’t sure about the film industry before she joined it, but her views changed once she became a part of it.
‘I used to think it is a dirty field because of these news channels playing dumb stories. But now I feel that when you get a lot here, you need to give back equally too. So whoever is the biggest star right now is working that much harder,’ she said.
Anushka will now be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola opposite Imran Khan and Pankaj Kapoor.
Anushka admits that though she felt intimidated by Pankaj Kapoor, she had learnt a lot from the veteran actor.
‘Pankaj Kapoor is one of the best actors one has ever seen because he has been a theatre actor. He has learnt to blank out people and the crowd and focus. That is one of the strengths an actor must possess,’ she said.
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