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“I like to enter my characters through a physical form first. The first thing I find is the regime of the character - when he wakes up tomorrow, what activities does this person engage in - that's my entry point. Once I get that, then it becomes easy for me.”
“When you are a journalist, you have a big responsibility towards your audience and it is important to respect that responsibility.”
“The whole process of acting is transformation. What is your power, quality and level of transformation, define you as an actor.”
“My biggest inspiration has been life for me. Basic survival has been my biggest teacher. Surviving in Mumbai for so many years has been a huge ordeal.”
“Every choice I'm making now is so that I can keep working for the next 30-40 years in this industry. These are not creative choices. These choices are to stay in the business, for many years to come.”
“I put a lot of pressure on myself, I can't say today is a bad day, I can't do that to myself. Whatever it takes, I have to deliver a scene.”
“Avenues opened right after I did 'Ship of Thesus' but doing films where there is big money involved or has big stars involved is not the reason I came to Mumbai.”
“For me, theatre and cinema are both pillars of an actor's life; I'd feel very half-baked if I was only doing one and not the other.”
“I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft deeper and deeper.”
“I am confident that I am capable of leading projects, which are even complex.”
“I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.”
“I am not against doing commercial cinema at all.”
“To be honest, making films is so expensive and their shelf life is limited. On the web, content remains... you can watch it after five, eight, 10 years... There's a huge audience and content on the web is accessible at the click of a phone.”
“In 'Talvar', my character loses his daughter and it was quite an intense role. I had to concentrate and I would request all the unit members to stay silent before the take.”
“I like to play Gandhi, but I've got tired of it, though not bored of it. I have to go through the physicality of losing weight.”
“When you watch me on the screen, you should not be able to recognise me. If people say, you're a natural and an organic actor, that's an insult. If you're being yourself all the time on screen, that means you don't know how to act.”
“I feel great when people like my work, but after a day or two, I don't keep that in my head. I go back to working and training. I don't rest on my laurels.”
“In most of our love stories the people are quite young in age. 'Once Again' is a love story about two mature people looking for companionship.”
“I was waiting for a good show on Amazon and 'Paatal Lok' had all of it - good script, story, and cast. It joined all the dots beautifully.”
“There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you're continuously learning.”