We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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.
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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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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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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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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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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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The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
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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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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’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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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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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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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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It’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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