I’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
IRRFAN KHANI will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
More Irrfan Khan Quotes
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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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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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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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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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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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We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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Hollywood isn’t ready for an Indian leading man.
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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 cannot live anywhere else except India.
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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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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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