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" I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking. "
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Doing
Own
My Own
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" I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did. "
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" Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story. "
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" 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. "
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" The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film. "
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" I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable. "
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" Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me. "
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" I am ably balancing big and small films. With every big film I do, I try to take up films that are high on content and small on budget. "
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Budget
Content
Film
" Kabir Khan is a director who goes out of his way to make his actors comfortable. He's very chilled out. He makes the environment on set very casual and friendly. "
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" I don't want my work to be heavy. The challenge is to make it interesting and engaging, keeping in mind the need for method acting. This is what I have learnt from Bharat Muni's 'Natya Shastra' and from the Russian theatre legend Stanislavsky. "
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" 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. "
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Been
Shooting
" 'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy. "
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May
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" I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession. "
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Real
Morality
Life
" 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. "
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Experience
Work
Thought
" As far as Raman Raghav is concerned, he is ruthless. "
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As Far As
Ruthless
He
" I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry. "
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Talent
Thankful
Time
" I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar. "
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Family
I Am
Farmers
" Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not. "
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Think
Good
I Am
" Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to. "
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Go
Want
Miss
" It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit. "
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Film
Office
Project
" 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. "
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Challenge
Hero
Myself
" In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too. "
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Real
Real Life
You
" I believe everyone is mad when they are in love, and I don't think that can ever end. "
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I Believe
Love
Think
" I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then! "
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Cinema
Success
Talking
" When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that. "
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Theatre
Friend
Time
" When someone is looking at me, I feel they are looking at someone standing behind me, not at me. "
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Feel
Looking
Me
" My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different. "
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Different
Again
Shy
" There is nothing called negative character. The negativity and positivity exists in all of us. "
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Negativity
Negative
Character
" How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees? "
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Where
Trees
Long
" 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. "
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Eye
Me
Travel
" Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience. "
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