Roles don’t fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.
FAHADH FAASILThe 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.
More Fahadh Faasil Quotes
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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 want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.
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I don’t know how to be professional. But I always enjoy what I do.
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I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
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I wasn’t really sure about the kind of films I wanted to be a part of. That’s when I saw ‘Aaranya Kaandam.’ I was stunned; it was such a stylish film.
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I’m not a person who goes out of my way to change my look. I like my characters to look as natural as possible.
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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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When I am with my friends, I am comfortable.
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Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
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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 think it would be a dream for any actor to play someone like Changampuzha.
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I will continue to do films that excite me.
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I think everything is temporary.
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It’s the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn’t mean I regret whatever choices I’ve made over the years. No, not even ‘Kaiyethum Doorathu!’
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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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