For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
FAHADH FAASILAll I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.
More Fahadh Faasil Quotes
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I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.
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I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
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I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
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The closest encounter I had with films in my childhood was sitting on the lap of my father at a shooting set, and he would say ‘rain,’ and it started raining, and then he would say ‘song,’ and people started dancing. I thought I was sitting on God’s lap.
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All I believe in is, you need to be yourself.
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Every character, when it comes to a cinematic representation, gets complicated and layered. You are given a lot of dimensions than a single dimension to an individual. That’s the main difference between seeing something out of the window and seeing something on screen.
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I would like to do movies of all genres.
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I don’t expect to win awards while working in films.
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People know me through my characters. I don’t think they have any idea about the individual that I am. They know I am a director’s son, and I am married to an actress.
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When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn’t matter.
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I thoroughly enjoyed shooting for ‘Velaikkaran,’ and I made a great friend in Sivakarthikeyan during the process. Also, it was wonderful working with director Mohan Raja. I have not seen a director who takes so much effort to get things the best way possible.
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I think everything is temporary.
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It doesn’t matter to me how I look on screen. What matters to me is how I connect with the audience.
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Failure affects me hard.
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It is easier to produce a film on your own than convincing another person to come on board.
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There are two kinds of films: the ones that are devoid of logic but can still hijack the audience, and those that can win them over with logic. Both kinds can succeed, and I like to work in both.
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The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil’s son, I am expected to know everything – acting, dancing, horse riding… I am not trained in all these, and I don’t think I ever will be.
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I think it would be a dream for any actor to play someone like Changampuzha.
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If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.
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I trust my directors to see me through, for I don’t consider myself as a natural actor – or a good one at that.
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In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for ‘Velaikkaran,’ I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.
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Most of the films that I do help me learn something.
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I like movies made by Spike Lee – doing those films out of the U.S., that is really daring.
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As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.
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Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.
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The less people know about you, the more you understand how beautiful life is. It’s good when you exist only on screen. I don’t want them to take me home. I love to have my privacy.
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