I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
IRRFAN KHANI’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
More Irrfan Khan Quotes
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I’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it’s not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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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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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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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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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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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.
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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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Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you’re lacking inside, you’ve fulfilled that.
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