Nawazuddin Siddiqui Quotes
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 was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a normal life. I'm very, very tight with them about money. I don't give that money until they ask, 'I need 100 yuan for my lunch card,' and so on. So they never have extra money.
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In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.
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I've worn down America.
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To follow Christ is to become more like Him. It is to learn from His character.
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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.
