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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.

Irrfan Khan

When you come out of the theatre and you don’t even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
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Disappoint Movie Myself Remember Talk Theatre
Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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Expensive Money Movie Myself Rich Stardom Thinking
I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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Bear Crisis Myself Therapy
I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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Cinema Commercial Myself Ready
I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Character Consume Myself Play
Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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Famous Fulfill Reassurance Yourself
I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Entertainment Myself People Substance
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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Act Audition Feeling Mindset Myself Naked People
I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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Myself Poetry Recitation Writing
A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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Emotional Engagement Intellectual Movie
Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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Audience Change Cinema Demand Week
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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Investment Market Money Power Reduction Share Story Yourself
I’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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Balance Bollywood Hollywood Movie Myself
We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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Act Culture Realistic
It’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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Audience Desire Movie Reach
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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Boredom Character Disturb Finding Intense Myself Play Time

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