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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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" 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. "

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

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" My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters. "

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

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

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

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

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" In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters. "

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

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" One should go to the line through the character. You should see their lifestyle in the way they speak. "

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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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" 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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