I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
IRRFAN KHANI want to entertain people, but with some substance.
IRRFAN KHANI am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
IRRFAN KHANYou 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.
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.
IRRFAN KHANI cannot live anywhere else except India.
IRRFAN KHANA 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.
IRRFAN KHANWe don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
IRRFAN KHANI’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
IRRFAN KHANOur Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
IRRFAN KHANI can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
IRRFAN KHANParsi theater was known for melodrama.
IRRFAN KHANMaybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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.
IRRFAN KHANA film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
IRRFAN KHANI am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
IRRFAN KHAN