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" 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. "

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" I have never thought about creating an image for myself in Bollywood. I am an actor and just want to experiment with roles. I am ready to do all type of roles. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Myself

I Am

Creating

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

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

" Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story. "

" 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. "

" I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Love

Girl

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am trying every genre. "

" 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. "

" After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre. "

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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Want

Miss

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

" I kind of discovered Kolkata when I was shooting here for 'Kahaani.' I found the city fascinating. "

" I don't believe in the 100 crore club. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Believe

Club

" I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis. "

" I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan. "

" I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it. "

" I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity. "

" Back in 1993, I was studying in Delhi, and I had a girlfriend. I had never touched a girl before that in my entire life. One day, I decided to go out with her to a garden. We were sitting beside each other, and I just glanced around to see if anyone was looking at us, and I put my hand over hers. I thought love started in this way. "

" In my head, I believed even though I am an actor, there was no need to dance. That's not me. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Dance

I Am

" 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 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. "

" I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then! "

" If I am expected to play a dancer, I will learn dancing but won't do the random, meaningless dancing. "

" Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people. "

" At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov. "

" I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave. "

" When someone is looking at me, I feel they are looking at someone standing behind me, not at me. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Feel

Looking

" 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. "