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

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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" When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that. "

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

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

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" Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me. "

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" 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. "

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Looking Forward

" If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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