Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Some People

Reach

People

Related Quotes:

" There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick. "

" I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable. "

" I used to clean the sets and serve tea to the artistes. "

" 'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy. "

" Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in. "

" Even though I hated doing farming and wanted to just get out of the village, I would work from 5 in the morning till 5 in the evening. "

" In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste. "

" I am trying every genre. "

" My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character. "

" The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters. "

" Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan. "

" I would be happy if people just called me an actor. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

People

Just

" I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone. "

" Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not. "

" I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself. "

" Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends. "

" I believe everyone is mad when they are in love, and I don't think that can ever end. "

" I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available. "

" A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them. "

" I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them. "

" Rituparno Ghosh is a legendary director, and I happen to be a huge fan of his. "

" Like the way we get to know about the society of Korea, Iran, and other countries through their films, people will get to know about our country. Our films are a mirror of our society. "

" It's very difficult switching over from one character to another. "

" Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Want

Miss

" I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset. "

" The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter. "

" Background scores allow me an absolute flight of the imagination, and I travel in my mind's eye. I do not like the scores to have vocal notes, because they act as a limitation to these flights of fancy. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Eye

Travel

" I was shooting for 'Kahaani' and 'GOW' back to back. I was in a village on work, where a man extended a paper to me. For a minute I thought he wanted another actor's autograph. I looked back and forth, but there was no one. That was quite an experience. "

" I grew fond of acting rather late. And that was because I was not getting any job. I had a few friends in Delhi who were associated with theater. They took me to see some plays in Delhi and Baroda. That led me to believe the I could also act. And it was after that I joined National School of Drama in 1993. "

" Love stories should be relatable. "