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.
IRRFAN KHANWhat happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
More Irrfan Khan Quotes
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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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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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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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Hollywood isn’t ready for an Indian leading man.
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We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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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.
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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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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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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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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’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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