Naseeruddin Shah Quotes

Naseeruddin Shah

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 20, 1949

Learning a craft is up to you, whether you are doing theatre or movies.

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I don't think anybody becomes an actor to serve theatre or to serve art anywhere. We all become actors because we are insecure people who want to be looked at. That was the reason I became an actor.

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I'm not a political person; I'm not an activist. I'm not a guy with strong beliefs about anything. I have nothing to say to the world.

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When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I didn't want to do anything else.

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When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a film star. He was both, and I, too, resolved to try and be both.

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Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it's a perfectly valid career choice.

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Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world.

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I don't want any memorials or a grave which my children would have to look after or feel guilty about. I don't want to leave any trace except for the work I have done.

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I have done practically everything that I wanted to do in my life.

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I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

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Sometimes, more money is spent on promotion of a film than the making of it. I don't understand that logic. The movie should run on its merit.

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Undeniable though it is that many Indian Muslims misguidedly consider Pakistan their haven, the immeasurably greater number who take intense pride in being Indian and who connect deeply with the country are hurt and angered at our patriotism being under scrutiny.

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Granted, patriotism is not a tonic that can be forced down people's throats.

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Nowhere else, perhaps, is the Quran recited so much and understood so little as in India.

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Given a choice, I prefer directing a play to a film.

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From playwrights I had never heard of and performance forms I had never seen to sculpture and painting, I gained immense experience as an actor in National School of Drama (NSD). I discovered what discipline and good taste in the theatre means.

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I don't see a future for Broadway-style theatre in India. We already have Hindi cinema, but small, intimate theatre will survive as long as people feel the need to talk to each other.

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When we finally become total slaves of mobile phones, then maybe theatre will die.

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An actor's job is to find variations of the same emotion in his being so that every time he expresses grief or joy, it doesn't look the same.

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