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.
IRRFAN KHANFor 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.
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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A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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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 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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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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I’ve played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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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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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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I’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
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The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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