I am an actor, and I would like to reinvent myself through every character that I portray.
FAHADH FAASILI’m not a person who goes out of my way to change my look. I like my characters to look as natural as possible.
More Fahadh Faasil Quotes
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Failure affects me hard.
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I would like to look funny on screen, doing comedy.
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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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I like to laugh and to make people laugh.
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Let me make something clear: I can’t do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.
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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 want my films to do the talking. I feel if people have to understand me better, I should do more good films. I just want them to know me through my films.
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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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I don’t expect to win awards while working in films.
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When I am with my friends, I am comfortable.
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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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I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.
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The characters I portray are an extension of what I’ve seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.
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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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Offscreen, I’m a private person. I’m shy and don’t know how to face the public.
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When you are talking about human emotions, stardom doesn’t matter.
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I try to choose characters that don’t remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.
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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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For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
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Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.
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I have been fortunate to collaborate with people who have been open to discussion. If I tell them something, they have always explained to me why they want it the other way.
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I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.
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When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes amateurish. It is a trial and error method. But the bottom line is that I want to entertain the audience.
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Most of the films that I do help me learn something.
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I have always maintained that the audience should take a call on this. Its up to them to decide whether they want to see a pirated version or not. They should understand the effort and amount of hard work that go into a film.
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Mohan Raja is an interesting filmmaker. He is constantly, if I may use the word, contradicting himself. He explains a scene, and then he will try to break that and rebuild it. That, to me, is filmmaking. Every scene is constructed after a lot of discussions.
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