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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. "
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Life
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Day
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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 used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable. "
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" The Indian audience is getting exposed to world cinema and realising the power of unique plots and distinct characters. "
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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 interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave. "
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" Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan. "
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" The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter. "
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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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" At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov. "
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" 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. "
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