Irrfan Khan Quotes

A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.

I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.

I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.

I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.

It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.

In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.

I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.

Parsi theater was known for melodrama.

A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.

Language does not make one an elite.

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

I cannot live anywhere else except India.

We don't have a culture of realistic acting in India.

Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.

I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.

I want to entertain people, but with some substance.