Irrfan Khan Quotes
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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Love, and do what you like.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.
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I was fascinated with jeans, because you can impress your life upon the jeans you wear. The way you sit imprints on the jeans.
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When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled, and you're treated with kid gloves. Everyone is like, 'Can I get you some water?' or 'Can I put on your slippers?'
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Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.
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I'm so Republican, my first name starts with 'R.' I'm so right-wing - well, Randy Weber. You do the math.
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And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's never a moment that you want to write about an Erickson cell phone but you have to. And that's really important you know obviously for the...like if you really want to write, you have to write every day no matter how you feel or you know. And then, yeah, and then I ended up working in TV and then from TV into movies and then directing, so.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.
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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
