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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

Irrfan Khan

I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Character Consume Myself Play
It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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Actor International Pride Quality Work Yourself
I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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Bear Crisis Myself Therapy
I can’t think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.
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Connection Movie Myself Pathetic Prayer Situation Thinking
What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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Character Creativity Exploration Mental Role State Trick Yourself
We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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Act Culture Realistic
I don’t want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.
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Exploration Lips Myself Role Romantic Song
I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Entertainment Myself People Substance
A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.
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Myself Nation Talent Utilization
Language does not make one an elite.
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Elite Language
Sometimes when you’re playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That’s much more interesting to me, rather than just playing ‘intense.’ I find it too boring.
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Boredom Character Disturb Finding Intense Myself Play Time
A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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Emotional Engagement Intellectual Movie
For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That’s a feeling I always have when I’m auditioning.
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Act Audition Feeling Mindset Myself Naked People
When you come out of the theatre and you don’t even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
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Disappoint Movie Myself Remember Talk Theatre
Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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Drama Known Movie Show Theatre
In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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Culture Need Therapy

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