It doesn’t matter to me how I look on screen. What matters to me is how I connect with the audience.
FAHADH FAASILIt’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!’
More Fahadh Faasil Quotes
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Roles don’t fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.
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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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I will continue to do films that excite me.
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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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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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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 don’t know how to be professional. But I always enjoy what I do.
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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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I give my best to each role that I do.
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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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Offscreen, I’m a private person. I’m shy and don’t know how to face the public.
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Whenever I have really enjoyed being part of a film, it has worked well for me.
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I’ve done only things I’ve liked, and I’m happy that others have liked them, too. I hope it keeps going that way. But l would never want to do films which please just one set of audience; they should connect with everyone.
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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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I often see only my mistakes. I always feel I could have done better. Every artist goes through it.
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