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.
IRRFAN KHANI can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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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The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
IRRFAN KHANThe sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
IRRFAN KHANA film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
IRRFAN KHANI’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned 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.
IRRFAN KHANWhat 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’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
IRRFAN KHANI’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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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.
IRRFAN KHANI 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 want to entertain people, but with some substance.
IRRFAN KHANI want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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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.
IRRFAN KHANI 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.
IRRFAN KHANFor 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 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.
IRRFAN KHANI 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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It’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
IRRFAN KHANIt’s always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
IRRFAN KHANI can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
IRRFAN KHANMaybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
IRRFAN KHANI was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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