Ali Fazal Quotes
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I don't see a full-fledged career in Hollywood. I am happy with the cameos. Even Tom Cruise will only do special appearances in our films; he wouldn't do a full hero movie. But it's good to act in different cinema.
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People think that theatre helps, but in my case, it slowed me down. I had to unlearn everything when I went on to a film set.
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I have always felt that just to show love, you don't have to make two people do intimate scenes. That is not the idea of 'I love you.'
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I was offered to play an Italian part in an Italian film. Although I could not take it up because I did not have the time, the kind of characters being offered to us are changing.
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I think sometimes a part requires more than one approach or thought.
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The better the actor I am acting with, the better my performance gets.
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There is good and there is bad, and then there are mothers.
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I am learning the grammar of acting on the sets. And I am happy that way.
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Theatre is like an actor's nectar, like how cinema is a director's medium.
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We can't stop people from thinking what they want to.
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I am seldom home, as I keep travelling because of work.
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I am humbled at the fact that I always get great support and reviews from my critics, but it's the film that requires to be good enough for it to work.
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Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.
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I was shooting for 'Bobby Jasoos' when I was offered 'Khamoshiyan.'
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I want to settle down.
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Mahesh Bhatt has changed me a lot. I used to be very held back with my words. He has made me open up. He has taught me how to say what comes to my mind, just as he does.
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I was offered a role in the series 'Homeland,' which I couldn't do because the dates clashed with my film with the Bhatts - 'Khamoshiyan.' But I wish I had done it. Look at how much notice the series got Nimrat Kaur.
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In Bollywood, the film's stakes are as high as the actor. In Hollywood, they are way above, and the day we realise this in our industry, we will start appreciating actors.
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I return to the stage time and again to see if I am worth anything.
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For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters you and becomes part of you.
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I got a chance to work with Judi Dench in almost every scene. How many Indian actors get that chance?
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My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.
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Judi Dench, apart from the name and fame, is the most genuinely hilarious, sophisticated, and loving person I have known. And I mean all of that together at once. That's something.
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We have to keep pace with changing times.