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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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" 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. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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Difficult

Challenge

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Want

Miss

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

" 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. "

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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Feel

Looking

" I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I have seen people climbing up and down the ladder of success, and I learnt a lot from them. "

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

" 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. "

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Character

Cinema

" I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "