Naseeruddin Shah Quotes

Naseeruddin Shah

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 20, 1949

Somehow, Hindi movies never took me in the same way Hollywood films did. Even at the age of five or six, I could see the difference in the quality of execution.

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What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.

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I've always found people with physical disabilities interesting to watch: how the dynamics of their body work, what makes them move this way or that.

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'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.

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Shakespeare is a seminal story-teller. I don't think he imagined he was writing classics or that he was writing great poetry. I don't think he dreamt his work would be staged 400 years after he died.

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Playing the good guy is boring. I love twisted, flawed characters.

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I do enjoy thinking about the past.

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I have had enough of an interesting life to not embellish it in any way.

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I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

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I don't think cinema has the power to change anybody's life.

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Don't opt for acting as an escape from education.

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When my brother came home from NDA (National Defence Academy), I felt, 'Wow, I should like to wear that uniform.' But I didn't want to join the army.

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Film industry people don't read books.

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The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have to.

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It's completely beyond comprehension that you just can't say anything without offending somebody or the other.

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The only serious function films can serve is to act as a record of their times.

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I feel that cinema can't change society or bring a revolution. I'm also not sure of cinema as a medium of education. Documentaries can be educative, not feature films.

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People should know what the India of 2018 was like. They shouldn't end up seeing only Salman Khan films 200 years later. India is not like that.

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I am totally for first timers. I always hear them seriously. I have done so many films with first timers, and I've never regretted it.

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I am never comfortable working with stars.

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