I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
IRRFAN KHANWe don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
More Irrfan Khan Quotes
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Sometimes when you’re playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That’s much more interesting to me, rather than just playing ‘intense.’ I find it too boring.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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I can’t think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it’s not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That’s a feeling I always have when I’m auditioning.
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I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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It’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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