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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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" For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is. "

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" I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply my skills as an actor. "

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" Prior to joining NSD, I was briefly associated with a small theater group in Delhi called Sakshi. Saurabh Shukla, Manoj Bapayee were my seniors in that group. I performed a few supporting roles in Sakshi plays. "

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" I feel satisfied after achieving something difficult. "

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" How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees? "

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" Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself. "

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" 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 found the brick-making process fascinating - how, after being burnt, the brick would come out strong. I liked to sit on the stack of bricks and look as far as I could. I'd do the same at a hillock near my school - just sit on top at leisure and enjoy the feeling of being on top of the world. "

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" 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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" You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it. "

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" I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction. "

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" I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking. "

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

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

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" The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in. "

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

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" 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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" There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp. "

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" There is nothing called negative character. The negativity and positivity exists in all of us. "

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" I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion. "

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

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Looking Forward

" I prefer if friends come over to my office and we talk our heart out over a cup of coffee. I feel that no one talks freely at industry bashes. Everyone has to behave in a certain way, and I think no one is real there. We can't have heart-to-heart conversations, and I start feeling uncomfortable at such dos. "

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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. "

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

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

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" Only heroes get stereotyped. As they do the same kind of roles again and again. "

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" 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. "

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

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