I’m not a hero or a superstar. I’m an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.
BOMAN IRANII bask in the affection I get on the streets. I recently went into the kitchen of a restaurant to meet the cooks. They were people I didn’t know, but what a joy it was meet them! Such experiences wouldn’t happen if I were doing only one kind of cinema.
More Boman Irani Quotes
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No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull each other’s legs… To lose all of that for what? Who’s got the time? I’m having great fun working.
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I was overjoyed when I was offered the title role in ‘Well Done Abba.’ I was ready for the role even before I heard the story because you don’t ask questions when it is Shyam Benegal’s film. It is the chance of a lifetime.
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When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.
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I still reject lead roles, as I don’t accept any role if I don’t find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.
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To find one’s calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.
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Very few movies remain in public memory as landmark films and I want to see whether 3 Idiots will be up there with some of the wonderful films that have come out of this country…
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Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.
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I bask in the affection I get on the streets. I recently went into the kitchen of a restaurant to meet the cooks. They were people I didn’t know, but what a joy it was meet them! Such experiences wouldn’t happen if I were doing only one kind of cinema.
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I usually go with roles that I find entertaining. But every once in a while, there comes along a film that has an important social message. As actors, we have a certain responsibility toward our audience.
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I don’t have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me… even when I am not in my best mood.
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For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.
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There’s a great charm in theatre; I enjoyed doing it for twelve years and did lots of plays. At this chapter of my life.
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I am a cinema actor, and I would like to continue to be so, and at some point I would return to the theatre.
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The moment you say, ‘I want to do a role,’ the story suffers. I don’t set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.
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Hopefully, we’ll come to know in a few years whether it can become one of the great films.
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