Top 144 Artiste Quotes

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.

Every artiste vies for that one role, which takes her a level up, where people start recognising your work and acknowledging the fact that you are a good actor.

To be honest, until I started dubbing, I didn’t realize the amount of work of a dubbing artiste puts in. Especially the artistes that dub for villains. They really stretch their vocal cords to a different dimension.

I’ve worked towards self-development as an aspiring artiste. I’ve been most passionate about dancing and acting, so I have followed it obsessively.

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

Playing my music to fans and people enjoying it is what matters; that makes me happy as an artiste. If you start worrying about awards, you will lose your creativity.

I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my boat. While ups and downs are a part of everyone’s journey, how you face it makes you the person or artiste you are.

I am the first Tamil film artiste to receive the Padmashree.

Although I have not done too many films as a child artiste, the advantage is that you are familiar with the world of movies and it is easier to face the camera.

I make a good living and I’ve never looked at myself as being an artiste.

An artiste can only be happy when he is true to his art.

An artiste can only be happy when he is true to his art.

I got recognition because of film music, but people start recognizing me as an artiste more because of singles.

Acting in different languages doesn’t stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.

I am taking 2020 a bit slow… sometimes you need to restructure and re-strategise as an artiste for things to work well.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks ‘I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.’ That is important – that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

I feel like I’m on crutches when I have to go by the dialogue sheet. I want the artiste’s natural, spontaneous reaction and vocabulary so that it adds a genuine flavor to the scene without which the sequence becomes entirely cinematic.

I got recognition because of film music, but people start recognizing me as an artiste more because of singles.

I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my boat. While ups and downs are a part of everyone’s journey, how you face it makes you the person or artiste you are.

Theatre especially in Hindi is not enough to help an artiste in earning a livelihood.

However popular an artiste may be, awards were reassuring.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

I believe in an artiste’s life, there are two kinds of awards – first is the appreciation and good wishes he or she gets for his work from the audience and secondly, the recognition in the form of awards.

If I had not made a film like ‘Vaanaprastham,’ I would not have been able to go to Cannes or any other festival. I would not have had a chance to act as a Kathakali artiste. I would not have had a chance to be with some of the greatest Kathakali artistes. I consider all this my good fortune.

I treat every song like a different character. It is good that people recognise my voice instantly, but as an artiste, I always try and bring some variety with each of them.

No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I’m all for it.

I believe an artiste is a reflection of society. I write what I see. I am not a scholar, I am just an entertainer. I cannot change the way people think.

I started off as an artiste and later a producer. All these aspects are interconnected. I became adept at every field – acting, producing, stunts and distributions. I never found anything tough.

The job of any artiste is to open the eyes of the public to their surroundings and make them aware of it.

Please don’t compare me with Taher Shah. He is a joker, while I am an artiste – I am a model and an actress. Taher Shah comes, makes people laugh, and goes away. I work with a lot of honesty.

I am basically a theatre artiste. However, after stepping into cinema, I did not get much opportunity to act in plays.

It’s hectic at times, but this is what any artiste wants: a hectic life with lot of travelling, performances, lots of love from fans, the opportunity to compose songs back-to-back, and a chance to share the stage with maestros like Zakir Hussain.

Good looks may be enough for a heroine, but to become an artiste, you need at least a working knowledge of the language.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

Personally, I believe that playing the lead antagonist is always better than a character artiste, whose weightage isn’t much.

As an artiste, I like things to be interactive and like the audience to get involved in cracking the code, as it were. I like to show them my art, but hide a few golden eggs.

As an artiste you want to experiment, meet new people and do different kind of songs.

These days music composers are singing themselves or making other male artistes sing. It is very tough to find a female single in a movie album and even if it is, it is just a female version of a song sung by a male artiste.

I believe in an artiste’s life, there are two kinds of awards – first is the appreciation and good wishes he or she gets for his work from the audience and secondly, the recognition in the form of awards.

Fans are half of an artiste… without someone to appreciate him, an artiste is nothing.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

For an artiste to grow, for a person to grow, you have to learn. A learner cannot afford to have an ego. Learning can never stop. If it does, then it is death.

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

An artiste’s input, her ability to create dimensions within the given space is very important.

As an artiste, I take up roles where there is scope to perform and that can reach out to the audience.

I am an artiste and truly a free spirit.

When people appreciate my work, that’s satisfying as an artiste.

It’s never easy for me to say goodbye. I get attached to people very quickly, and with ‘Raw Stars,’ my connection is even more special. I’m in love with their music and perhaps their biggest fan. I think every artiste on the show is mind-blowing.

You can take that ‘I’m an artiste’ stuff to the wrong extreme, too.

After marriage, I will have two sets of parents who are proud of me. And I also know that I won’t do anything that will embarrass them. That is the trust they have in me and the responsibility that I have as a wife, friend, and also as an artiste.

I won’t call it pressure but I want to come out with a better movie every time. That kind of enthusiasm is what makes an artiste aim for more.

You should not think of business while performing your art. This advice holds true for every artiste, irrespective of what he is doing.

I’ve always believed that getting respect as an artiste is of utmost importance.

I am just an artiste, and I like to explore new avenues.

Though I was launched as a hero, I was quick to realise that I did not have the capacity to sustain that position. I then reinvented myself intelligently and became a character artiste instead.

I’m an artiste… I dance, I act, and I do a lot of things that’s got to do with arts, and that’s my space. I feel happiest in that space.

I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.

The performance of Carnatic music is multi-dimensional and layered. A performance is at once an artiste’s cathartic process of personal exploration and an open energy exchange with the audience: a release and a conversation.

I believe every artiste, at some point, needs to take a step back.

I am taking 2020 a bit slow… sometimes you need to restructure and re-strategise as an artiste for things to work well.

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to do. But after I began to act, I grew as an artiste.

As a performing artiste, we always need love and support from family.

It is very important for an artiste to be excited about her work in every phase of her career. If a tiredness seeps into one’s attitude, it will show in the quality of one’s work.

I may be a character artiste but I want the audiences to clap and whistle for me as well.