A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.
IRRFAN KHANSometimes 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.
More Irrfan Khan Quotes
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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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 am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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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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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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I don’t want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.
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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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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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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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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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Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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Hollywood isn’t ready for an Indian leading man.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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